to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
to give an important position
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
high spirits; boastful talk
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
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