at first; in the beginning; originally
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to apologize; to apologise
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to cut off (a relationship)
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
older brother and younger sister
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely