dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
best regards; please take care of; please do
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
after death; posthumously
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
lately; recently; nowadays
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
ago; since; before; previous
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
regret; repentance; remorse
unbroken; endless; continuous
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
returning to the service of one's master
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
in a few days; at an early date
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept