article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
opinion in writing; written opinion; argument
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
leaving everything up to someone else
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
all-out attack; general offensive
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
three sides; small offering stand
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
passing through without stopping; passing by
doing whatever one pleases