toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
administration of justice
court (of law); courtroom
trial; judgement; judgment
official document; archives
transferring (a convict to a different prison); escort
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
relation; connection; affinity
someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
usual; normal; stereotyped
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
if you think about it; come to think of it
affectionately attached; reluctant to part
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
a dirty or underhanded trick
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
another family; another house
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to become rounded; to roll into a ball