female servant; maidservant
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
on the way back; when about to go back
settlement (of an account); liquidation of debts; payment
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
forbidden area; no-go zone
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
surname; family name; last name
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
meeting hall; assembly hall
to speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly
choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
number of (large) animals
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
official name; formal name