knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
these days; now; recently
great favor; great favour; obligation
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
ninth day of the month; nine days
written seal; stylized signature
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to follow the sense; to understand the meaning of
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
silence; stillness; quietness
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
sound of the wind; voice of the wind