to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
arrangement; pact; agreement
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
to make sure of the truth
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
guardhouse; detention barracks
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
literal meaning (of a word, etc.)
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature