(present) head of a family
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
number one; first; best; most; game; round
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead