hello; good day; good afternoon
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
business; work; operations; service; duties
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
large number (of); many; majority
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
helper; assistant; help; assistance
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
your daughter; young woman
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
at; in; at; when; by; with; so