shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to make one's rounds; to patrol
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
to walk away; to saunter off
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
in general; generally; usually
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
venomous snake; poisonous snake
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
surely (not); certainly (not)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
there is nothing; having nothing
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
mistress; kept woman; concubine
directly opposite; right in front
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
suitably; properly; duly; as you see fit; as you think best
someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp