expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
incident; affair; happening; event
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
serious; not joking; straight
mutation; change; transition
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to be in confusion; to be busy
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
a long time ago; in those days
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to send a person on an errand
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to be able to manage somehow or another
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
(another person's) younger sister