mask; disguise; guise; mask
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)
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
ratio; proportion; percentage
future; possible; potential; prospective
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
lackey; minion; sycophant; errand boy
overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
following a single pattern; conforming to the same pattern; one-track; single-track; repetitive; predictable
beyond human understanding
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
carrying (someone) in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to leave (a scene); to step away
party-internal; within the party
to say; to be pleased to say
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
scattering (in all directions)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
how should I know?; don't ask me
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to be flexible; to be accommodating
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
nothing but; except; no more than
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable