loyal retainer; loyal subject
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
art of war; strategy; tactics
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
indeed; really; truly; very much
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
business trip; official trip
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
territorial relationship; regional bond
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
smuggling; contraband trade
usurer; usury; loansharking
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
ability to get things done
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle