even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to be worried; to be troubled
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
accession to the throne; enthronement
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
direct descent; direct line
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
reality; actuality; hard fact
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to accept; to receive; to agree
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)