having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
follower; attendant; valet; servant
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
meanwhile; in the meantime
guard; sentinel; garrison
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
large temple edifice; large temple
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
outside the country; abroad
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
person who has rendered distinguished service
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
chief vassal; senior statesman
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army