to appease; to suppress; to calm
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
in succession; one by one
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
petty underling; small fry
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
observation; survey; watching
secret; private; surreptitious
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to lie down; to throw oneself down
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
thousand years; very long period; forever
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
risky; dangerous; insecure
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy