sympathy; compassion; pity
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
mature woman; middle-aged woman
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
if it is (the case that ...)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
memory; sense; experience
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
will not do; do not; does not
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much