honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
just one person; only one
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
while; even though; despite
silence (not speaking); muteness
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
(act of) writing on a blackboard
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
materials; data; document
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
behind; in the rear; in back