obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
study; research; investigation
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
well bottom; narrow place
enactment; establishment; creation
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
ninja rope with grappling hook
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
bygones; the past; past event
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
match (to light fire with)
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent