a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
caller; visitor; company; guest
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
3rd day of the month; three days
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
government service; official position; civil service
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
man; male; masculine gender
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
like this; in this way; as you see
to eagerly look forward to
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
welcome; (warm) reception
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to say; to be called; to do
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
departure; leaving; starting; standing
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit