to know each other; to exchange vows; to love each other
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
audience with a person of high rank
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
suspicious-looking; fishy
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to need; to require; to take; to demand
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
hostile party; enemy side
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
double; twice (as much); twofold
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
great war; great battle; world war
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos