fate; chance; relationship; tie
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
interview (e.g. for a job)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to become better; to improve
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
rule; reign; peaceful times
steady progress; rapid advance
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
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
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
to shout (in anger); to yell
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
tool; implement; means; furniture