easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
possible; likely; probable
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
everywhere; at every turn
to bury; to embed; to implant
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
already; now; no longer; not any more
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to prostrate oneself before
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager