(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
first meeting; first interview with
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
official duties; office; function
senior envoy; chief delegate
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to wear a sword at one's side
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
anything and everything; just about everything
at hand; personal effects or belongings
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
chair; stool; post; office; position
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
sovereign; emperor; monarch
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
(political) administration; political power
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
consequence; outcome; result; blame