direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
head; chief; boss; leader
wearing one's hair knotted in the back
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
one's own handwriting; autograph
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
firm; strong; solid; stable
if it is the case that ...
future (usually near); prospects
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
hostility; animosity; enmity
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
there being no use in arguing (about it)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
(exercising) the right to command
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to that degree; to that extent; that much
military forces; hosts; troops
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
small number; few; minority
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise