awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
cares; ill feeling; reserve
the other day; a few days ago
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)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together
to grow together; to join together (in doing something)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
one evening; some evenings
to talk the night away; to talk all night
negotiations; discussions; connection
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
house in which a mistress is kept
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
title; heading; article; benevolence; friendly feeling
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
late at night; small hours of the morning
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
standing statue; standing image
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
talking while standing; standing around talking
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
being concerned about or mindful of
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to make sure; to make doubly sure