investigator; interrogator
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
proposal; proposition; suggestion
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
third day of the month; three days
good bye; I'm off; see you later
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to succeed; to bear fruit
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
main cause; primary factor
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink