implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
breaking off an engagement
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome