method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
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...
municipal office; council; city hall
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
local government employee; local civil servant
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
imagination; supposition; guess
wherein; therein; thereinto
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to say; to tell; to state; to do
that; the matter in question
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Shinto rites; Shinto style
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality