(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
(courteous) invitation; call
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to talk; to carry meaning
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
closely-guarded secret; top secret
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
trial; trying out; giving (something) a trial
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to beat time; to mark time
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
struggle (for); scramble; contest
randori (freestyle judo training)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes; medicinal tincture
promoting; increase; advance
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
finish; end; completion; result
preserving in salt; salting down
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with