zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
audience (with someone of high standing)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
to maintain; to continue to have
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
in succession; one by one
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
secret; private; surreptitious
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
messenger; envoy; emissary
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to keep away; to keep at a distance
(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
righteousness; justice; right
degenerate age; corrupt world; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
unusual appearance; extraordinary countenance; striking features
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble