working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
quarrel; dispute; argument
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
partial blindness; dim eyesight
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to face on; to look out on to
being startled; getting a shock
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
great speed; recklessly fast speed
flour; meal; powder; dust
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)