(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
Shuubun (Muromachi-era Japanese artist)
colour of water (esp. in rivers, lakes, sea); scenery of rivers, lakes, etc.; light blue; pale blue
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
leading person; foremost figure
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
wintry mountain; mountain that is often climbed during the winter
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for)
white background; blank; female virgin
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
master painter; great artist
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
(person) slippery as an eel
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
aiki (principle that allows a conditioned practitioner to negate or redirect an opponent's power)
Ueshiba Morihei (1883.12.14-1969.4.26)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
Ōmoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)
founder of a religious sect
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku