to serve; to build as commanded
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
polish; improvement; burnishing
nothing but; none other than
rascal; scoundrel; villain
use; utilization; utilisation; application
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
complete stranger; total stranger
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
karma (from one's previous life)
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
prejudice; bias; distorted view
imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement