to be appointed to a post; to assume office
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
suffix for familiar person
to carry around; to carry on one's person
vocal sound; tone of voice
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey