style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
government service; official position; civil service
stripping (of clothes, office, etc.); deprivation
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
oracle; revelation; divine message
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to happen to hear; to overhear
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to bring close; to bring near; to associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to hand over; to surrender
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
rest; break; recess; intermission
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to jump at; to be attracted by
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
war situation; progress of a battle
inspection; examination; survey
worldly affairs; ways of the world
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine