lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
wise saying; famous saying
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
drinking bout; merrymaking
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
notes; comment; remark; annotation
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
despotic government; autocracy
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to command; to dominate; to prevent; to obstruct; to grip; to hold
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
experimental; provisional
loyal retainer; loyal subject
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel