promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
messenger; envoy; emissary
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to be helpful; to be useful
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
time; hour; period; class
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)