originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
don't you think?; indicates question
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
this family; we; this house
relation; connection; affinity
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in that way; thus; so; so?
originally; by nature; from the start
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
other than; excluding; without
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number