proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
older brother and younger sister
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
arm; skill; efforts; ability
the same generation; coeval
considerably; fairly; quite
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
master; teacher; stable master
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
result; effect; performance; success
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
crop conditions; quality (of art)
to affect; to impact; to influence
accident; emergency; calamity
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
abundant harvest; bumper crop
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
price movement; price fluctuation
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
it is not (like that) either
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
congratulation; celebration
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end