seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
one day; (on) a certain day
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
queen (consort); empress (consort)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
royal capital; imperial capital
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger