remark; statement; discourse
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
rebel army; mutinous troops
things at hand; personal belongings
preparation; arrangements
magistrate; shogunate administrator
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
great hurry; great haste; rush
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
every person; every mouth; every entrance
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade