feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
support; backing; aid; assistance
banning of books; banned book
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
presence; sitting with; being with
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
shady; underhanded; questionable
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
noted doctor; excellent physician
sense of values; values; value system
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
association; society; organization; organisation
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
chatter mark (machine tools)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
speech; expression; wording; language
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually