surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
three generations; three periods; third generation
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
wise ruler; sage king; intelligent and virtuous monarch
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
something like ...; something called ...
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
square metre; square meter
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
will not do; do not; does not
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)