the reason is that ...; because
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
next; secondly; subsequently
temple; monk's quarters; monk
calling by name; designation; nomination
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
equal amount; same quantity
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
your body; your health; yourself; you
point in common; common feature
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
to be charged with a mission
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
huge rock; firmness; solidity
way (of doing); manner; method; means
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
creation; generation; formation; derivation
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens