rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to have medicine be effective
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
influence; clout; leverage
otherwise; if not; or else
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible