setting off (on a trip); departure
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
important stone in a construction
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge
company; corporation; workplace
scripture; passage from scripture
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
arrest; apprehension; capture
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
powerful person; influential person
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
very careful; thoroughly prepared
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
foundation stone; cornerstone
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
selection; choice; picking out
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
short steps; mincing stride; crotch; groin; thigh
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence