the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
official residence (for public servants)
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
the whole world; the seven seas
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
petty; trivial; insignificant; trifling
unfairness; injustice; partiality
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to have the blues; to be depressed
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
entreaty; supplication; petition
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to keep away; to keep at a distance
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
proximity of a monarch or lord
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix