roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
preparation; arrangements
dinner (esp. a formal one)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
newspaper reporter; print journalist
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
gentlemen; you; (all of) you or them; Hundred Schools of Thought
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
address; lodgings; accommodation
young lord; successor of one's current lord
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
grand event; grand enterprise
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
the orders of one's ruler
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
dense growth; thick growth; gregarious growth; growing in clusters
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
fantasy novel; fantastic tale
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include