glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to press a question; to cross-examine
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
alone; by oneself; on one's own
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to stop walking; to pause
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
two persons; two people; pair; couple