to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
spirit; heart; disposition
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
this family; we; this house
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
large family; extended family
long; drawn-out; very long
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
recent situation or conditions
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
not a little; not a few; considerable
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
passing through without stopping; passing by
farewell address; parting words
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
thereafter; after doing that; followed by