openhearted; frank; broad-minded
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
condition; state (of health); appearance
death (of an emperor); demise
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
groundless rumor (rumour)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
authenticity; credibility
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
time; season; period; phase; stage
declaration; statement; assertion
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
to finish reading; to read through
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck