road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
restraint; restriction; control; check
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
settlement; solution; resolution
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
in the same way as; just like
beginning; outset; first; onset
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
financial power; financial means; wealth