guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
popular; common; commonplace
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
fine dress; dressing beautifully
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
(written) work; book; writings
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
ecclesiastical authority; (church) educational authority; teacher's rights; teacher's authority
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
cowardly; spineless; weak-willed; fainthearted
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)