(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(religious) denomination; sect
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
viceroy; governor-general
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
strategist; tactician; schemer
something; some kind of; for some reason
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
greeting; a fine thing to say
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
had better ...; had better not ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(another person's) younger sister
until now; so far; up to the present
really; truly; indeed; good grief
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...