upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
housing district; residential district
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
talk; conversation; dialogue
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
armor and helmet (armour)
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
even if not; even without
within the sphere of influence (of)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
treasure house; storage for valuable property
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
conventionality; triteness
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
for one's true nature to come out
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others