(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
just one person; only one
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
personification; impersonation; embodiment
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
on the occasion of; at the time of
anticipation; expectation; looking over (e.g. a fence)
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
tool; implement; means; furniture
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
heir; inheritor; successor
share (in a company); stock
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
possession; retention; maintenance
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
I have nothing to do with it
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
period of time; time slot; time zone