gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to be pleased with; to be to one's liking
accession to the throne; enthronement
ruler; monarch; sovereign
birth; creation; formation
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
several years; a few years
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
here and there; in places
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
wedded life; married life
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
married woman; another's wife
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
dark (color); concentrated; thick