companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to do for (the sake of someone else)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be born; to come into the world
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
emperor (of Japan); mikado
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
you could say; you might say; verging on the
eternal; unlimited; endless
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
(Japanese) empress; queen
reigning; controlling; dictating
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
control; management (e.g. of a business)
direct control; direct supervision
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
bit (horse mouthpiece); second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong; rightward stroke
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize