meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
entreaty; supplication; petition
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
cooperation; collaboration
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
information; news; intelligence
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
notice; attention; observation
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
serious; not joking; straight
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
right (to do something); authority; power
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
suggestion; hint; implication
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
pardon; remission; amnesty
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
but; however; even though; even if
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
writing; composition; essay; sentence
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all