slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
not a little; not a few; considerable
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
story; tale; talk; discussion
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
government official; clerk
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
while alive; during one's lifetime
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
self-justification; excuse