expression; look; countenance; face
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
practice; practising; training; study
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
appearance; demeanor; demeanour
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
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
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to be related to someone by blood
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to be needed; to be wanted
entering the service of a daimyo
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to pass (of time); to elapse
devotion; attachment; infatuation
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas