reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
evening; night; nighttime
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
older sister; elder sister
late at night; at a late hour
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
to get change back; to be more than enough
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
still; even now; to this day
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of