to escape death; to be saved from death
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
torii; Shinto shrine archway
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
private secretary; amanuensis
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
palanquin; litter; bier; kago