lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
literary woman; talented woman
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
used article (esp. clothes)
on the street; around town; the world; the public
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
second day of the month; two days
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
establishment (of a business); founding
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
stairs; stairway; staircase
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
something; some kind of; for some reason
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged