knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
absolute obedience; complete submission
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to take over; to hand over
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to stay (at); to stop (at)
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
training range; training grounds; training area
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to be reminded of; to call to mind
letter; missive; note; mail
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
outbreak of war; starting a war
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
apparent; obvious; very clear
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile