well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to become better; to improve
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
practice; practising; training; study
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
great swordsman; master fencer
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument