to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
questions and answers; dialogue
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
one matter; one case; physical intimacy; sexual intercourse
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to consent; to allow; to accept
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...