stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
tacit; unspoken; implicit
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
one's early days; little while
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
repair; renovation; restoration
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to order; to command; to appoint
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
to be beyond words; to defy description
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
false charge; false accusation
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
to take; to catch; to capture
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)