honor; honour; credit; prestige
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
parting; separation; farewell
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
many; much; plenty; hardly
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
personality; style; appearance
to serve; to work for; to attend
declaration; proclamation; announcement
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
now that; since; so long as; because
imagination; supposition; guess
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
secret; private; surreptitious
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to pass (of time); to elapse
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba