member of shogun's council of elders
bribe; sweetener; douceur
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
item; article; clause; section; point
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
by means of; due to; because of; according to
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
after that; afterwards; thereafter
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
rule; government; administration
nicely; properly; frequently; often; how (could you); why (would you)
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
support; backing; patronage
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
(very) fortunate person; lucky fellow; fortune's favourite
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)