to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
exactly as stated; verbatim
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to order; to command; to appoint
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
immediate follower (of the shogun)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
in good health; alive and well; going strong
headache inducing; vexing
double suicide; lovers' suicide
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
January; first month of the lunar calendar
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus