(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
rational; logical; coherent
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
living; lifestyle; living room
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
with curious eyes; curiously
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
instead; but (on the other hand)
older sister; elder sister
metal sake jug; sake warmer
deep inside; innermost place
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
master; teacher; stable master
to get late; to advance; to wear on
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to erase all trace of something