Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nouncelebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

Nounbig shot; higher-ups

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Interjection (kandoushi)what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'u' endingto have a terrible time; to have a hard time

Nounsword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana · scalpel · chisel; burin; graver

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixking; ruler; sovereign; monarch · tycoon; magnate; champion; master · king (of the senior player)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'old person; elderly person; senior citizen · trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay · senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

Nounhelmet (of a warrior); headpiece

Nounwarrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai · person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

Nountomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

Nounone party; one faction; one clique

Noun(medieval) knight · samurai on horseback

Nounmonarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)

Nounlively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch · group

Nounsovereign; ruler; head of state

Nounclassic (work, esp. book); the classics

Nounmine (ore)

Nounore; mineral; crystal

Nounsovereignty; supremacy; dominion

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbcreation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing · fabrication; fiction; invention

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbderailment · digression; deviation

Nounbamboo thicket; bamboo grove

Nouniron ore

Nounmilitary commander

Nounmartial arts; military arts; Bushido

Nounhumanities and social sciences; liberal arts · faculty of humanities; school of liberal arts

Nounliterature · the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

Nounwritten language; literary language · classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

Nounhome country; one's own country; country of origin · suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country · country of one's ancestors

Nounmorning star; Venus · preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbronin; masterless samurai · high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination · person out of work; jobless person

Nounsamurai; warrior

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbconstraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

Nounharem

Adverb (fukushi)I pray; I wish

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)certainly!; very well; with pleasure; understood!

NounChinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters

Nounsamurai costume; old ceremonial costume · top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixtower; tall building; belvedere · turret; lookout; watchtower · brothel

Noungroup · (free) radical · counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

Prefix, Suffixlong

Nounman (esp. one who is well-respected) · samurai · person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

Nounsoldier; warrior · person of courage; strong person; very capable person; master (in a field)

Nounruler and ruled; master and servant

Nounwritten work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll) · a text written entirely in kana · graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)

PronounI; me

Nouninner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

Nounsamurai family; samurai class; samurai stock · samurai; warrior

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbloss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)