true; real; genuine; proper; utter
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to make an appearance; to show up
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
trembling or quavering voice
throughout; all through; right through
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to laugh away; to laugh off
tone (of voice); manner of talking
clearly; distinctly; vividly
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
following someone's example, and committing suicide
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt