beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
(social) class; rank; grade
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
day in and day out; all the time
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
other than; excluding; without
postpartum; after childbirth