party; set; gang; company; person
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
generation; lifetime; age
expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
narrator; storyteller; reciter
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
posterity; future life; life to come
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
imperial princess; royal princess
negotiations; discussions; connection
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
sinking into obscurity; being ruined
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly