to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
immediately; right away; on the spot
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
control; management (e.g. of a business)
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
same crime; being equally guilty
family; relatives; dependents; household
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
one's person; around one's person
duty; function; office; mission; task
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
roadside tree; row of trees
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
commander; commanding officer; CO
fire chief's car; command vehicle
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
line; queue; procession; matrix
a few years ago; some years back