remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
surname; family name; last name
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
your highness; your grace; your eminence
why; how; for what reason
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to try to do; to attempt to do
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
time; hour; period; class
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
while; during; while; although; all; both
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to begin talking; to open up
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
absence; disregard; indifference
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
directions; instructions; orders; command
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
witnessing; observing; sighting
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)