(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
face to face; between two persons
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
due form; official; formality
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
order of chivalry; chivalric order
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
military service; conscription
to be jealous; to be envious
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
strategy meeting; council of war
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
duty; function; office; mission; task
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
boiled and half-dried bonito
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
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
to complain; to make a complaint
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged