odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to subsist; to keep on living
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
security; stability; safety; peace
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
tendency; trend; inclination
remarkable; striking; obvious
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
hot topic; talk of the town
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally