protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to need; to call for; to require
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
cut; reduction; curtailment
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
newspaper subscription fee
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
source of funds; source of money
making obligatory; making compulsory
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
cannot be helped; unavoidable
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
cannot be helped; unavoidable
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
retrial; reopening of a case; review; reexamination
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
firmly rooted; deep-seated
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground