stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
woman; female; feminine gender
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
from one's seat; without stirring
literary woman; talented woman
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
lidded; covered; container with a lid
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
personality; character; individuality; personhood
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
inheritance from a parent
progress; advance; improvement; development
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
childhood friend; old playmate
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
safety; welfare; well-being
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
self-defense; self-defence
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally