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(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

2

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

3

to do as one likes

1

rebel; traitor

2

stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

4

arms; weapon; ordnance

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

4

well-known; fame

1

bureau director; office chief

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

2

rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

6

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

3

inquiry; enquiry

2

deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)

1

construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy

11

with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...

1

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

1

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

3

to reach; to get to

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

to bind up; to tie up

1

to raise overhead

2

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

3

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

urgency; exigency; emergency

3

shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal

30

to be arrested; to be put in bonds

1

complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)

1

admiration and devotion; hearty submission

1

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

1

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

4

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

1

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

3

ruined country

2

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

3

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to understand; to make out

1