police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
queen; queen; queen (chess piece)
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
yellow; yellow card; Asian; Oriental
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
die all together; go to the grave together
to tumble down; to roll down
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
sublime; noble; high-minded
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
with a (light) slapping sound
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap