without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
imperial order; imperial decree
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
equilibrium; good balance; poise
had better ...; had better not ...
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
tacit understanding; connection (of thoughts); collusion; blood vessel
to think of; to come up with
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
entreaty; appeal; petition
wish; hope; petition; intent of a request; purpose of an application; content of a prayer
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
one of these days; someday; one day
open; public; official; overt
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
from where one sits; while sitting by