moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
one meal; one meal (a day)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to become misty; to become hazy
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
environment; circumstance
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
beyond this point; from now on; after this
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
that day; the very same day
to entrust; to leave to a person
important person; strategic person; key figure
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to look around; to survey
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
secrecy; highly classified information
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency