to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
position; location; base; point; site
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
messenger; envoy; emissary
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
property; fortune; assets
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy