dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
separate room; special room
utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to prove; to substantiate
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
shyness; bashfulness; shame
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
how; how much; to what extent; no matter how (much); however
happy tears; tears of joy
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
Satou Tsugunobu (1158-1185)
unbroken; endless; continuous
way of talking; speaking style
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to talk the night away; to talk all night
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to care for someone; to look after someone
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
triumphant return; returning in triumph
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
meritorious deed; services
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
suppression (of a rebellion, civil war, etc.); restoration of law and order; subjugation; conquering
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)