openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
merits; distinguished services
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
nonchalant air; unruffled air
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
constitutional government
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
based on; on the basis of
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
burial place (ground); cemetery; graveyard