social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
tide; current; tendency; trend
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
inside; interior; inner part
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
one bow; one salute; one greeting
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
transfer; assignment; conveyance
declaration; proclamation; announcement
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
permission; approval; authorization; license
arrest; apprehension; capture
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
3000; three thousand; many
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep