to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
dismissal (from a position); discharge
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
periodic; regular; routine
court council; privy council
attendance; presence; appearance
personal feelings; self-interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
sentiment; sentimentality
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
until now; so far; up to the present
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law