floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
pride; boast; credit (to)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
subject; national; citizen
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
rule; reign; peaceful times
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
territory; domain; dominion; possession
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
vitality; energy; dynamism
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress