to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
pride; boast; credit (to)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
race (of people); type of person
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
what time; (lit.) which hour
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
slightly early; just before
bashful; shameful; ashamed
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
to get hungry; to become hungry
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
one's share; one's portion