courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
operator; manager; administrator
official business; public business
about when; about what time; how soon
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
being trapped (and having no way out); withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship; house arrest (Edo period)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
self restraint; moderating one's own behavior; confinement (esp. to one's home); house arrest; suspension (from work or school)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
excursion; field trip; school trip
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
view; opinion; finding; findings
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
classmate; friend in the same class
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time