to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
happiness in the next world
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
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)
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
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
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality