to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
successive generations; successive emperors
queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
all staff; all employees; all workers
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to collapse; to flop (onto)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
Ōmiya ward (in Saitama city); Ōmiya-ku
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
town originally built around a temple or shrine
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
Emperor Kōshou; Kōshou Tenno