to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
transactions; dealings; business
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
article; item; thing; goods; wares
of course; certainly; naturally
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
called; known as; that; to say
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to find useful; to think highly of
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
on the other hand; at the same time
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
lull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
sad; mournful; melancholy; sorrowful