person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
receiving; acceptance; reception
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
tone (of voice); manner of talking
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
original home; birthplace; originator
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
bad boy; naughty child; brat
mind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
decorum; propriety; politeness
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough