back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
thought; consideration; thinking
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
verbal behaviour; language behaviour
interior; inside; internal
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
intelligence; intellect; brains
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
military science; strategy; tactics
inner mysteries (of a field of study); secrets
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
enemy castle; enemy fortress
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
secret; private; surreptitious
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
pride; boast; credit (to)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
sincere; earnest; serious
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray