Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
royal castle; imperial castle
scale; scope; plan; structure
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
fortress; stronghold; citadel
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
stairs; stairway; staircase
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
attractive middle-aged man
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
breaking off an engagement
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged