useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
friction; discord; strife
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
rather; better; instead; if anything
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
(within a) territory; domains
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still