determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
accurate; correct; precise; exact
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
power; might; authority; influence
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
to help (a person) out of danger
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
full of troubles, difficulties
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
question; inquiry; enquiry
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
covering; protection; backing; relief