officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
preface; introduction; preamble
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to send or direct a person to
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
messenger; envoy; emissary
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
gift; present; tip; bribe
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
(social) class; rank; grade
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
not yet known; unknown; strange
large number (of); many; majority
one's possessions; ownership
region; limits; stage; level
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
very great; enormous; serious
to administer the affairs of state
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
self-defense; self-defence
please; somehow or other; one way or another
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
to look down on; to make light of
sign; indication; omen; symptom
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
morality; moral principles