book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to get into trouble; to get busted
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
ruler's orders; master's orders
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
with a clatter; clatteringly
reason; cause; circumstances
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind