study of foreign languages; linguistics
weak point; unskillfulness
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
to send or direct a person to
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
probe each other; sound each other out
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
the nine nearest generations of relatives
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
enemy movements; enemy's position
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
young noblewoman; princess
a person without a single relative
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to threaten; to make threats
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
female court attendant; court lady
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
qualitative difference; disparity; gap