payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
light yellowish green; color of a freshly sprouted onion
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
line; queue; procession; matrix
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
go on!; right!; here goes!
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
very; greatly; exceedingly
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
one's long-cherished desire
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
morning and evening; all the time
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.