to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
(not) merely; (not) simply
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
(arch.) policeman; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders; art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
first warbling heard in a New Year
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
hard to reach place; remote place
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)