to not believe one's ears
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to serve; to work for; to attend
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
headquarters; head office; main office
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
than; other than; except; but
reigning; controlling; dictating
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
price; cost; value; worth; value
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
intelligence or information network
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
one eye; one of one's eyes
several weeks; a few weeks
inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
alternately; by turns; one after the other