seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
space; interval; space character; whitespace
in the meanwhile; during the time
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
light; right; right field; right fielder
long time; long interval; for quite some time
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)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
spread; span; expanse; extent
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
existence; possession; having; limited company
Japan and the Philippines
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
society; the world; the times
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin