to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
repulse (e.g. enemy); repelling; driving off
theatre; theater; playhouse
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
not yet known; unknown; strange
already known; well-known
Japanese person; Japanese people
that is to say; so that means
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
small-boned; thin-boned; slender; slight
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
you (plural); all of you; you all
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different