short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
by means of; due to; because of; according to
spring water; clear (pure) water
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
construction; establishment
son and heir; son who will succeed one
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
president (of a society); chairman
stairs; stairway; staircase
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
point in common; common feature
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
financial world; business circles
important person; strategic person; key figure
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
while alive; during one's lifetime
(written) contract; agreement
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)