keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to speak; to say; to vocalize
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
forgetting; lapse of memory
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
next; secondly; subsequently
a little bit; a little while
in brief; to put it succinctly
international; diplomatic intercourse
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
scoundrel; rascal; villain
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part