somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
a question from the emperor
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
very; greatly; exceedingly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
society; the world; the times
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
greeting; a fine thing to say
foster mother; adoptive mother
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
gossip; corner of the mouth
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
(not) even once; (not) ever
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling