retainer; vassal; servant
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
like this; this sort; this way
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
colour; color; hue; tints
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
poisoned sake; poisoned alcohol
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
retainer; retinue; servant
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
old couple; elderly couple
to pick up; to find; to gather
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
France; French (language)
peril; danger; hazard; distress
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
hardships; privations; difficulties
general merchant; Jack of all trades
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote