record keeper; recorder; archivist
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
remaining time; days left
government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
(religious) faith; belief; creed
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
deportation; expulsion from the country
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
meeting; greeting; welcome
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
allegiance; obedience; submission
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(within a) territory; domains
open; public; official; overt
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age