repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
duty; obligation; responsibility
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
low wooden clogs; komageta
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
student (esp. a university student)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
three times a day (of meals)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; dear me!; thank God!
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
step; stride; counter for steps
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end