assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
nape (of the neck); nucha
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
military personnel; soldier
regulars; regular soldiers
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
armory; armoury; ordnance department
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
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
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
firm; unshakeable; resolute
un-Japanese in appearance or character
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
especially; above all; inter alia; among others