speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
counsel; defender; advocate
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
special; particular; peculiar; unique
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
authenticity; credibility