seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
(social) position; status
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
way of talking; speaking style
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
(not so) much; (not) very
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
prejudice; bias; distorted view
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry