mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
almost (did); nearly (did)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
sword; blade; single stroke
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
to harm; to cause harm to
transport; transportation
to slide into; to slip into
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer