recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
of course; certainly; naturally
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
impossible; unlikely; improbable
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
place; situation; position; location
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
very; greatly; exceedingly
such; this sort of; like this
tendency; trend; inclination
nowadays; in this day and age
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
open; public; official; overt
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally