that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to say; to be called; to do
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(social) position; status
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check