recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
unable to speak; inarticulate
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to say; to be called; to do
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
a pair (of shoes or socks)
rather; sooner; preferably
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
creak; squeak; rasping sound
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
retiring from military service
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
when looked at in that way
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
counter for generations; epoch
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)