bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
meanwhile; in the meantime
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
family chart and personal history
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
man; male; masculine gender
front; frontage; facade; main
image; figure; figure; form; image
colouring; coloring; colorant
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
handsome young man; Adonis
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
feeling; sense; impression
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
while; even though; despite
to lean against; to set against
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
after that; afterwards; thereafter