to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
being upright and cleanhanded
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
distinguished war service; merit of war
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
to keep away; to keep at a distance
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
chamberlain; castle keeper
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
peaceful; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor