imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
price; cost; value; worth; value
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
true state; actual condition; reality
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to state; to express; to mention
to stop (plug) one's ears
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
title of honour; title of honor
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
shades of night; night scene
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
husband and wife; married couple