matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
performer; entertainer; celebrity
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
outsider; someone outside of a group
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
one's own problem; one's own issues
to turn towards; to point
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
living room (Western style); sitting room
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
smoothly; easily; readily
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to accept; to receive; to agree
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself