marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
being placed one upon another; piling up; superimposition; superposition; excellent; splendid
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
feminine; womanly; female
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
training; drill; practice; discipline
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
ramification; branching off
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
silk thread; silk yarn; corn silk
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
financial power; financial means; wealth
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
scale; scope; plan; structure
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; to stun; to amaze
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof