loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
rikka; formal style of ikebana
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
every person; each one; everybody
light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
youthful impetuosity; youthful vitality
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to step back; to walk backwards
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with
night watch; night sentry
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now