life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to do together; to share; to participate in
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
regret; repentance; remorse
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
real thing; original; actual
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
deep inside; innermost place
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
turning sideways; landscape orientation
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
military force; military strength
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
at a moment's notice; readily
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of