(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
confinement (for childbirth); bed used by a woman in childbirth; postpartum period; postnatal period
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
unveiling; debut; introduction
to satisfy one's appetite
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
birth; creation; formation
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
health; healthy; sound; fit
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
reality; actuality; hard fact
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
person who has rendered distinguished service
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
bedside; near one's pillow
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand