to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
president (of a society); chairman
while; during (the time when)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
multinational corporation; transnational corporation
most part; greater part; majority
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
pair; the two; both persons; both things
(social) position; status
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
heir; inheritor; successor
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man