eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
sympathy; compassion; pity
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
opinion; intention; thought
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
follower; attendant; valet; servant
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
darkened room; quiet room
shoji (paper sliding door)
shoji (paper sliding door)
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently