fat and ugly person; overweight and homely
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to fight against; to oppose; to face
while; during; while; although; all; both
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett