seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
stealthily; secretly; in secret
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
beforehand; in advance; previously
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
performance; playing on stringed instruments
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
testimony; (verbal) evidence
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
should not be; must not be
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
person who is a cut above the rest
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
in one's own way or style
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)