close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
silence (not speaking); muteness
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to treat one's husband with due respect
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
speech; expression; wording; language
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
outsider; someone outside of a group
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
higher rank; better position
prejudice; bias; distorted view
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
interference; meddling; butting in
honour; honor; glory; privilege
reaction; response; reaction
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up