retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
ratification; confirmation
to make one's own; to take possession of
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
conferring of decorations
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
well-behaved (model) prisoner; trusty (trustee)
sincere; honest; faithful
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly