8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
(Japanese) empress; queen
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
marriage proposal; marriage talks
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
change; alteration; modification
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell