to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
this season; nowadays; these days
validity; verification; propriety
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
first time; first; initial
obedience; submission; resignation
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
technique; art; skill; move
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
production (e.g. play); direction
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
official title; name of one's job
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
means; method; art; magic
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
secret; private; surreptitious
transferred meaning; figurative meaning
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen