reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to investigate; to examine
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to state; to express; to mention
fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)