document; official papers
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
future (usually near); prospects
companion; partner; spouse
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to spend time (on doing something)
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
every year; yearly; annually
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
in advance; beforehand; previously
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to apologize; to apologise
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward