custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
rice and curry; curry rice
French; French food; French cuisine
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
what date?; what's the date?; when?
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
100,000; hundred thousand
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
feelings; thoughts; meaning
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to hold fast; to protect to the end
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
judgment; judgement; discernment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
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 behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
prejudice; bias; distorted view
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
final; eventual; ultimate
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle