to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
determination; conviction
worry; care; consideration
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
one's person; around one's person
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to take back; to recapture
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
to summon; to get used to call
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game; kai-awase; Heian period shell comparison game; tribadism; tribbing
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
looks; personal appearance; features
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
charming; bewitching; enchanting