room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
many; much; plenty; hardly
even though; despite; when
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
gossip; corner of the mouth
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
grandfather; male senior-citizen
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
squared timber; rectangular lumber
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
brave warrior; hero; brave man
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
at the window; by the window; next to the window
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
correction; revision; amendment
next term; next period; next version; next release
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
approval; acceptance; toleration
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside