suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
acquaintance; close friend
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
visit (from someone); call
many people; a large number of people
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
one's house; one's home; one's family
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
slight intoxication; being tipsy; mellowness
that matter; those matters
to be fated; to be linked by fate
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
successive generations; successive emperors
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
successive generations; successive emperors
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard
one matter; one case; physical intimacy; sexual intercourse
your (his, her) health; image (e.g. of Buddha)
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
light coming in or leaking through a window
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
shady; underhanded; questionable