(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
retainer; vassal; follower
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
flock of sheep; collection of weaklings
the world is covered in darkness; all is plunged into darkness
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
divining sticks; counting; calculation
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness