readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
in that way; like that; that way
to view the past with nostalgia
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
(not) a single person; (no) one
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment