notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
understood; I see; OK; present; here
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
round shape; circle; circular form
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
wherein; therein; thereinto
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
early (days); initial stage; initial
standing on one's feet for a long time
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
upper half of the body; upper body
to watch intently; to stare
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
narrow; thin (sized); slender
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn