answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
just; fair; proper; reasonable
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
to run a shop; to have a shop
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
rebel; traitor; insurgent
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
suppression; repression; subjugation
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
high rice field; very fertile rice field
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
flying column; detached force
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)