bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
how; in what way; how about; questionable
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
legend; folklore; tradition
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
way; method; means; resource; course
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to say; to tell; to state; to do
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
a second time; again; once more; twice
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
war situation; progress of a battle
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough