seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
family-oriented; familial
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
everything one does; whatever one does
standard; basis; principle
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
self-centeredness; self-centredness; selfishness; egotism; egoism
import; importation; introduction; afferent
making a show of one's faults
impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
in one's own way or style
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
nowadays; in this day and age
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
night-soil bucket; honey bucket
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
grain (of wood); unlacquered woodwork; plain wood; roughly cut wood for carving or lathing
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
egoism; egotism; selfishness
returning; coming back; returning to the service of one's master
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
progress; advance; improvement; development
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold