hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
deep slumber (as if under a spell)
cover; concealment; masking; occultation
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
white horse; unrefined sake
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
must not; should not; do not
falling over; toppling sideways
supreme; greatest; highest; best
image; figure; figure; form; image
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
old soldier; veteran; old hand
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
acid; sourness; sour taste