waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
back (of a chair); backrest
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
distant look; faraway look
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
to serve; to work for; to attend
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
several people; a few people
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
observation; survey; watching
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
law-like nature; regularity
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to someone's name
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time