court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
etc.; et cetera; and so on
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
same; similar; (just) like; equal
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
vice; immorality; corruption
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
race (of people); type of person
cryptogam; cryptogamous plants; cryptogamic plant
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
company; corporation; workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
comfort; consolation; diversion
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
really; truly; indeed; good grief
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)