judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
every day and every night
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
being argued into silence; being left speechless
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
clinic; medical office; infirmary
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
irregular pulse; arrhythmia
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
exhibition; display; putting on show
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
that's right; yes; uh-huh
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to die by drowning; to drown
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
loss; defeat; counter for losses
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
outline; summary; argument
inner (self, voice, man, etc.); internal (conflict, tension, competition, etc.); interior
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
criminal nature; criminality
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road