husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
picking; collecting; harvesting
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
official business; public business
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
fourth day of the month; four days
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
oversight; omission; mistake
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty