emperor (of Japan); mikado
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
diligent; hard-working; industrious
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; external path
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
legend; folklore; tradition
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
means; way; method; measure
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful