consequence; outcome; result; blame
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
retainer; retinue; servant
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
written seal; stylized signature
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
one person; another name; nickname; alias
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
have to do; must; should; ought to
world; society; people; the public
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
something like ...; something called ...
appearance; air; mien; getup
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate