restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
what's what; heads or tails
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
grasp; catch; understanding
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to speak; to hear a voice
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
number two; mistress; concubine
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
goodwill ambassador; friendship ambassador
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to appease; to suppress; to calm
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
people; men and women; each person; everybody
hostility; antagonism; opposition
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago