side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
due form; official; formality
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
(your) daughter; young woman
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
presence (impressive quality)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
chief vassal; senior statesman
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to invite in; to show someone in
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive