to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to telephone; to make a phone call
freely; frankly; without reserve
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to gain fame; to make one's name
I have nothing to do with it
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Tokugawa Ienari (1773.11.18-1841.2.20), Shougun 1786-1837
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
relation; relative; kind; cordial
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction
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)
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
disciple; pupil; follower
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
martial arts school situated in a town
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
technique; art; skill; move