busy; having no (free) time
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
making one's best exertions
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
earnestly; immediately; exactly
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
prohibition; inhibition; ban
large build; large pattern
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
thinking little of one's family
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
fair and delicate features (of a man)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
discussion; debate; argument
foreign enemy; outside invader
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring