guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
exclusive; attached to; specialist
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
(overnight) stay; lodging
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
without showing any sign of; without giving the slightest indication of; without saying anything of; without breathing a word of
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to correct oneself; to restate
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
when it becomes; when it comes to
name; given name; first name
individual; private person; personal; natural person
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here