young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
ruler; monarch; sovereign
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
messenger; envoy; emissary
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way