shallow view; superficial idea
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
sick person; patient; invalid
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to need; to require; to take; to demand
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
next; secondly; subsequently
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)
nitridization; nitriding; nitride (of)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
(political) power; authority; influence
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; being unable to change one's course of action; (lit.) (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tiger
common people; ordinary people; masses
calamity; disaster; misfortune
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
residence; abode; dwelling
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be