preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sham marriage; fake marriage
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(present) head of a family
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
sun; sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)