teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
nothing but; none other than
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
original intention; initial resolution
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
occasional; infrequent; rare
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to watch over; to watch attentively
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement