a daimyo's (mounted) guards or retainers
self-imposed challenge (e.g. speedrun, 100% completion, no deaths)
internal controls, usu. relating to business governance
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
clapping and cheering; applause
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
compulsory military service
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
slow to understand; slow-witted
vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
protective coating; protective film; overcoat
drawers; knickers; bloomers
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
video game hardware; video game console
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
expanded functionality; extended functionality; expansion (software)
before anything else; first of all
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
peace agreement; peace accord
per person; per capita; per head
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
to attach a letter; to include a letter
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
va-va-vroom (esp. fast cars or bikes, sexy women or men); va-voom; vrrrm; sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs)
easy-to-beat game; (something) easy to do; trivial thing
concerning; per; on account of