control; check; restraint; inhibition
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
story; tale; talk; discussion
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
please; somehow or other; one way or another
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to pass (of time); to elapse
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
chair; stool; post; office; position
(right at the) side; just beside
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to make a speech; to address
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
one thin flat object; one sheet
(hand) towel; handkerchief
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with