high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
if you think about it; come to think of it
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to get strong; to gain strength
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to do for (the sake of someone else)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
beginning; clue; starting point
older brother and younger sister
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
deep affection; dear; beloved
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to clench (teeth); to engage (gears); to set to fighting
to keep away; to keep at a distance
family; members of a family
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety