incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
in name only; titular; nominal
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
something wrapped in a furoshiki
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
flour; meal; powder; dust
like this; this sort; this way
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
function; facility; faculty; feature
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
wide difference; a world of difference
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
family; relatives; dependents; household
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
physical condition; state of health
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
companion; company; tritagonist
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
freckles; buckwheat chaff
young girl; lass; adolescent female
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill