process; course; mechanism
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
nobleman's illegitimate child
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to serve; to work for; to attend
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
if it is (the case that ...)
such; like that; that sort of
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
brown; light brown; tawny
to explain adequately; to be accountable
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
both (people); the two of them
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to become clear; to be made public
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
expression; look; countenance; face
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
trembling with excitement
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code