uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to shake one's head (in denial)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
eye measurement; measure with eye
opposite side; opposition
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to understand from experience
curved; forming the shape of an arch
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
true to one's name; living up to one's name
hard to reach place; remote place
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
recreation; diversion; relaxation
main question; real issue at hand
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
southwestern part; the southwest
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops