house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
political measures; policy
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
consideration; taking into account
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to tumble down; to roll down
good performance; good work; great success
hey there; I say; see here
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
the way back; the way home; return trip
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to clap one's hands in prayer
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
stairs; stairway; staircase
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
innermost depths of one's heart
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted