to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
government service; official position; civil service
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
and; thereupon; because of that
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
village headman; village mayor
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing