breathing of a sleeping person
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
suguha; straight temper line (on a sword)
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
master; teacher; stable master
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
locational advantage; advantageous position
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
zinc white; zinc oxide; flowers of zinc
glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
smear; daub; coating over
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
government service; the bureaucracy
Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)
receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone