chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue
establishing oneself in life; success in life
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
very young; little; childish; immature
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
to have a talk; to tell a story
biological child; one's own child
former husband; late husband
one's real father; natural father; biological father
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
silence (not speaking); muteness
blood relationship; blood relative
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
mother; mom; wife; proprietress (of a shop); female shopkeeper; middle-aged woman
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
satin with raised figures
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
younger half-brother (by a different father)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over