(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
important post; important office; key position
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
absorption; suction; attraction
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to make (someone) angry; to anger; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to raise (one's voice) in anger; to make (one's eyes) glare
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
single colour (color); monochrome
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
in the same way as; just like
calm; composed; leisurely
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
business; errand; nature of one's business
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
reinstatement; reappointment
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
nevertheless; still; however; yet
to state; to say; to tell; to express
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
if one is unlucky; if one is careless