favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
regular employment; full-time employment; regular employee; full-time employee; permanent employee
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
suffix for familiar person
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
direct control; direct supervision
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
member of shogun's council of elders
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
those (near the second person)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
connection; link; relationship
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
as (for); for; in the capacity of
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done