older sister; elder sister
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
scale; scope; plan; structure
near; close; beside; third person
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
interest; rights; concession
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
empress dowager; queen mother
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
secret; private; surreptitious
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming