poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
war; battle; match; game; competition
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
inside one's heart; in one's mind
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
unique thing; best on earth
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
as; because; with; due to
heir; inheritor; successor
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
next term; next period; next version; next release
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
wet nurse; nursing mother
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
prayer (for something); supplication
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
difficult problem; challenge
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)