to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
distance in a straight line
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
banknote; bill; note; paper money
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
beyond this point; from now on; after this
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
monster cat; cat with magical powers
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
cannot be helped; unavoidable
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
successive generations; successive emperors
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
military personnel; soldier
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
resignation (from a position)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
one day; (on) a certain day
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty