rather; better; instead; if anything
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
while; during; while; although; all; both
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
regret; repentance; remorse
respect and affection; love and respect
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
older sister; elder sister
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one's house; one's home; one's family
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
family a woman has married into
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with