refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
should; must; -able; probably; likely
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
founder; originator; pioneer
but; however; provided that
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
three; three years of age
court lady; lady-in-waiting
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
posterity; future life; life to come
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
our country; our land; one's own country