to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
another time; some other time
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
banquet or reception hall
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
character style; character form
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
absolute beauty; classical beauty
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to rule; to govern; to administer
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
being on duty; person on duty
government office; public office
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); Confederate rose; dixie rosemallow; lotus blossom
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else