female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
attendance; participation; presence
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
reception room; parlor; parlour
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
without permission; without notice
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to need; to require; to take; to demand
quiet; peaceful; tranquil
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
having an ancient and honorable origin
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to install; to equip; to mount
end of a road; end of a street
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit