may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
environment; surroundings; circumstances
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
such ... as; or some such
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
something like ...; something called ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
honorific/polite/humble prefix
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish