office and rank; an official rank
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
secretary (government); director; chief
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
Privy Council (abolished in 1947)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
permission; approval; authorization; license
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to be helpful; to be useful
metallic sound; metallic clank
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
place; position; location; position; standing; status
our country; our land; one's own country