palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
environment; circumstance
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
writing implement; writing tool
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
book; volume; this; present; main; head
secret; private; surreptitious
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
only; merely; but; no more than
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
second day of the month; two days
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
tenth day of the month; ten days
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
family; members of a family
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
court lady; lady-in-waiting
to serve; to work for; to attend