acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
to exert oneself; to make efforts
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
in case of; at that time; at this time
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
one's younger days; when one was young
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
determined; strong-willed
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
very; much; greatly; a lot of
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten