trend; tendency; movement; attitude
really; truly; indeed; good grief
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
accurate; correct; precise; exact
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to take over; to hand over
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to run around; to bustle about
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
order; command; directions; instructions
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany