to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to go along; to walk along; to follow
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
edge; relative; relations; border
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
even so; anyhow; at any rate
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
invisibly; secretly; privately
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all; breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue); (arch.) intimacy; (arch.) familiarity
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
government service; the bureaucracy
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
association; union; guild
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
(social) class; rank; grade
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
office and rank; an official rank
person of rank; person of status; ranked official