to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
smuggling; contraband trade
such ... as; or some such
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
while; even though; despite
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
tradition; legend; folklore
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
dawning (of a new era); dawn
now; the present time; just now; another; more
form; shape; figure; visage
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
person who has rendered distinguished service
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged