to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to do together; to share; to participate in
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
suffix for familiar person
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
absence; disregard; indifference
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway