decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
departure; leaving; going away; recession
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
suppression; repression; subjugation
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
central part; heart (of a city)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
region; limits; stage; level
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
connection; link; relationship
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy