national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to leave of one's own accord
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
fluent (in a language); flowing
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to be transparent; to show through
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity