to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to congratulate; to celebrate
many people; a large number of people
fighting as a volunteer mercenary
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
knife attached to the sheath of a sword
curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place
sadness; sorrow; grief; (arch.) affection; (arch.) love
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
rank (e.g. of soldiers); horizontal line
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
to be perturbed; to be agitated
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
having refined and distinguished features; having a bright face
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way