honest person; conscientious person
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
quarrel; dispute; argument
life; living; I; me; student
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
to grant someone's request
maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
it's been a long time; long time no see
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
that is to say; so that means
if so; in that case; in that situation
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
I wonder if it is not (something, a thing)
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties