to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
last night; yesterday evening
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
other; another; over; more than; I; me
that country; (arch.) nirvana
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
something; some kind of; for some reason
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
error; mistake; slip; bug
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
nothing but; none other than
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
on the occasion of; at the time of
legend; folklore; tradition
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...