residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
recitation; reciting from memory
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
like; similar to; same as
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
intelligence gathering; information gathering
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
nice; likeable; desirable
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
fort; stronghold; fortification
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
accomplishment; execution
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
the deceased; the departed
just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person
monolith; large slab of rock
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
wholeheartedly; with all one's heart
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
otherwise; or else; if not
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling