upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
housing district; residential district
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
even if not; even without
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
within the sphere of influence (of)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
treasure house; storage for valuable property
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
conventional; commonplace; trite; hackneyed
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
for one's true nature to come out
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others