announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to remain married for life
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
otherwise; if not; or else
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
otherwise; or else; if not
long ago; already; a long time ago
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
seeing one off; farewell; escort