authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
ceremony; celebration; law code
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to be appointed to a rank
imperial throne; the Crown
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
such; like that; in that way
young girl; lass; adolescent female
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to