round-faced; bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
oval face (e.g. of a beautiful woman)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
this occasion; at this time; now
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
greeting; a fine thing to say
scale; scope; plan; structure
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
subordinate work; assistant; servant
kitchen; financial situation
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
due form; official; formality
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
prompt answer; direct personal answer