fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
expression; look; countenance; face
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
adds force or indicates command
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
whispering into a person's ear
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?