to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
power; authority; jurisdiction
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
such; like that; in that way
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to distract one's attention
to say; to tell; to state; to do
job; work; duties; trade; skill
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
schedule; program; programme; agenda
ability; capability; skill
proposal; offer; request; application
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to talk; to carry meaning
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
the relation of master to servant
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
funny story; funny anecdote
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction