choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
second marriage; remarriage
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
companion; partner; spouse
bereavement; separation by death; loss
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to bury; to embed; to implant
to distribute; to hand out
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
successive generations; successive emperors
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
even more; still more; further
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
scale; scope; plan; structure
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
such; like that; that sort of
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")