House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
seasonal word (in haiku); seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
new building; new construction
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
be (that) as it may; having said that
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
house in which a mistress is kept
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
(artistic) accomplishments