-less; lacking; non-existing
living room (Western style); sitting room
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
office and rank; an official rank
existence; possession; having; limited company
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
importance; emphasis; stress
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
right (to do something); authority; power
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
thrift; economy; frugality
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
article; clause; stipulation
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring