sympathy; compassion; pity
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
light; faint; pale; fleeting
utter stranger; mere passerby; outsider
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand