authority; power; influence
time; hour; period; class
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(right at the) side; just beside
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
hairdresser; hairdressing
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
arm; skill; efforts; ability
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
tradition; legend; folklore
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
companion; company; tritagonist
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely