scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to look around; to survey
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
mustering-out order; callup
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
24th day of the month; 24 days
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa