diligently; faithfully; without fail; without blundering
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
(not) so much; (not) that much
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
crookedness; something not right; something out of the ordinary; something unpleasant; something disgusting; unlawfulness
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
(medical) doctor; physician
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
art of war; strategy; tactics
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
negligence; carelessness; mistake
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
nothing but; none other than
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)