transactions; dealings; business
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
please (give me); please (do for me)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
just a handful; only a small number (of)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
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
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
prime minister; premier; chancellor
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to order; to command; to appoint
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
raising an army; launching business
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule