male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
please; somehow or other; one way or another
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
messenger; envoy; emissary
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
polite; courteous; hospitable
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
dignity; majesty; dignified manner
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
place guarded by soldiers; torpedo room
the place for; the time for; the level of
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
to rank next to; to come after
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
pale; pallid; bluish-white
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
season; the times; opportunity; occasion