white label; white tag; white card (in karuta); blank card; honour awarded to samurai in Tosa
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
eurozone; euro zone; euro area
drill (esp. military); training
holding a position of responsibility
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
evening; last night; yesterday evening
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
company management; managing a company
to cast; to mint; to coin
to arrest; to capture; to seize
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
repeatedly; several times; many times
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
leadership skill; leadership ability
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance