higher rank; better position
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
wooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long; shoulder pole
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
battle formation; military formation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
silence; stillness; quietness
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others