clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
serious; not joking; straight
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
(political) power; authority; influence
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
dismissal (from a position); discharge
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
home area; home town; local
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to become better; to improve
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate