failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
to take a veneer off something
please sit down; please have a seat
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to rule; to govern; to administer
to loiter around; to wander about
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
right of succession; right to the throne
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
good; goodness; right; virtue
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to temper thoroughly; to train well
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric