thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
inside one's heart; in one's mind
clapping and cheering; applause
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
to say too much; to go too far
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
notice; attention; observation
rather; sooner; preferably
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
for today; for the time being
is that so?; I see; right; oh
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to have a talk; to tell a story
secret; private; surreptitious
whispering into a person's ear
story; tale; talk; discussion
in the future; another day; later
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)