general; popular; common; typical
opinion; point of view; visual point
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
serious; severe; grave; acute
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
firm promise; definite promise
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
everything; anything; nothing
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
direct connection; direct link
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank