old fox; old-timer; schemer
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
two persons; two people; pair; couple
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
everything; anything; nothing
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
such; like that; that sort of; very
shoji (paper sliding door)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known