capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
somehow; for some reason or other
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
overlooking; turning a blind eye
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
killing of a commoner by a samurai as punishment for disrespectful conduct
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
membership of the Imperial family
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
karma from a previous existence
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
half-moon; half a month; semicircle