excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
politician (or someone otherwise engaged in politics); statesman
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
previous generation; former ages
overbearing; imperious; domineering; peremptory
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
very popular; highly favoured
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
one after another; in rapid succession
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character
nothing but; except; no more than
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to make merry; to be festive
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
scene; view; prospect; outlook