hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
setting a place; setting the table
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
such ... as; or some such
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
self-torturing; masochistic
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
modesty; humility; being humble
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience