Imperial Family; Imperial Household
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
bento; Japanese box lunch
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to apologize; to apologise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
national character; regional character
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
poisoning; kill by poison
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting