elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
to hit hard; to strike hard
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
the direction of Kyoto; Kansai area; citizens of Kyoto; nobles
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
step; stride; counter for steps
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
arched bridge with Chinese-style railings; Chinese-style bridge
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
emperor's handwriting; imperial autograph
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
(a few) words; phrase; expression
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles
in-law; relative by marriage