other; another; over; more than; I; me
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
imperial decree; imperial edict
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
early (days); initial stage; initial
long thin face; Black Scraper (fish)
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
the first and second; a few
above; going steadily upward
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble
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
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to finger; to tamper (with)
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
gathering clouds; group of clouds
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
to rule; to govern; to administer
founder; originator; pioneer
to begin shooting; to shoot out
strong interaction; strong force
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce