to order; to command; to appoint
one's physical safety; personal security
treachery; treacherous designs
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing; messy hair; untied hair; unkempt hair
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
daimyo's residence on the outskirts of Edo; daimyo villa
since; henceforth; ever since
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
while; on the same occasion; at the same time; along with
long night (esp. of autumn)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
for today; for the time being
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
to walk in on; to tread upon
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
arrogant; haughty; insolent
lack of reflection (on one's conduct, failures, etc.); lack of self-examination; lack of introspection
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty