breath; breathing; tone; mood
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
smoothly; easily; readily
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
birth; creation; formation
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
style of handwriting or calligraphy
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
donor; benefactor; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be surprised; to be astonished
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir