to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
honorific affix; honorific prefix
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
unusually; extraordinarily; uncommonly
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
head; leader; prime minister
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
discussion; argument; debate
just the other day; quite recently
fidelity to one's principles
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people; Chinese
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
brush and paper; written description
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
big frame; large figure; huge body
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
competing; competition; auction
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious