to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
brave warrior; hero; brave man
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
besides; moreover; in addition
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
intention; idea; inclination; wish
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
along; parallel to; in accordance with
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge