to soften; to moderate; to relieve
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to hide; to keep to oneself
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
disciple; pupil; follower
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
snow country; snowy region
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
with a (heavy) creak; with a (dull) squeak; with a grating sound; with a rasping sound
to jar; to creak; to grate
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account
meditation; contemplation
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
throat; important part; vital area
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to tear up and throw away