government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
complete; whole; perfect; safe
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
lost article; something forgotten
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
conduct; behavior; behaviour
red-light district; pleasure quarters; love affair; romance
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to keep (a person) waiting
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
rottenness; decay; corruption
good family; respectable family; decent family
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to be nappy; to be disheveled (hair); to shudder
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
binding tightly; tight binding; (sexual) bondage
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage