lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
lightly; easily; carelessly
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to become better; to improve
as a child; when one was a child
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to live; to make a living; to get on with
little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis); grebe
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
older sister; lass; young lady
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
surname; family name; last name
name; given name; first name
this world; this life; world of the living
to be born; to come into this world
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
every year; yearly; annually
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
curiosity; inquisitiveness
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close