conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
way; method; means; resource; course
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
line; queue; procession; matrix
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to order; to command; to appoint
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
to apologize; to apologise
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
again and again; repeatedly
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed