goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
favorite sword; cherished sword
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to surround; to crowd around
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
later on; eventually; afterwards
in person; personally; directly
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
penalty; sentence; punishment