crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
sleeved quilt; futon with sleeves; cotton padded nightwear
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
father and mother; parents
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
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)
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
assistant instructor; substitute instructor
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
society; the world; the times
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
at that time; in those days
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
technique; art; skill; move
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice