to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Asano Nagamasa (1547-1611)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
submission; return to allegiance
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
suppression; repression; subjugation
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
session (of a legislature)
reply (to a letter); response; answer
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
great victory; crushing victory
heroic spirit; brave heart; aspiration; ambition
spirited; rising; energetic