overriding principle; main principle; great principle
to save one's face; to maintain one's status
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
delicate health; fragile health
to happily give away; to be glad (to give, to get rid of)
edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
to subsist; to keep on living
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
pectoral girdle; shoulder girdle
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to make a firm resolution
to hear; to imbibe; to drink
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
the direction of the wind; circumstances
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
refined taste; elegant pursuits
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
to be skillful (skilful); to be clever
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate