dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
boy; son; baby boy; young man
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
letter; missive; note; mail
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
relation; connection; affinity
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
most of all; extremely; supremely
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
insane; mad; crazy; light in the head
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to have meaning; to be meaningful
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
nostrils; wings of the nose
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
Besancon; Besanzon (France)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes