agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
economics department; economics school
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
business; trade; operations; sales
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
heir; inheritor; successor
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
tall figure; high stature
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
body; physical system; (the) person
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
thickness; profundity; depth
presence (impressive quality)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to come from; to have roots in
greeting; a fine thing to say
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
next; secondly; subsequently
to look down on; to make light of
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention