to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to change (one's clothes)
affixing; pasting; sticking
wooden horse (used in S&M play or torture)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to await; to wait for; to expect
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
(present) head of a family
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
since then; from that time; ever since
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
(small) stone; rock; pebble
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai