disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
patience; endurance; perseverance
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
comfort; consolation; diversion
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
nonchalant air; unruffled air
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
thereupon; shortly thereafter
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
to badger; to pester; to beg
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
quickly (turning pages, opening a letter, etc.); with a flick; lightly (falling rain, leaves, etc.); sprinkling over (e.g. salt); sparsely (scattered); here and there
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to add (e.g. a postscript)