to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to play a leading role; to play a central part
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to