I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
now; the present time; just now; another; more
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
existence; possession; having; limited company
bhava (becoming, existence)
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to complain; to make a complaint
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about