assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
governor-general; governor; viceroy
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
enterprise; business; company; corporation
expectation; anticipation; forecast
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
fate; destiny; predestination
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
blow; shock; strike; batting
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be utterly spent or crushed
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
decapitation; decapitated head
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
three; three years of age
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to give by tossing or throwing
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
door; gate; opening; title page
other side; opposite side; other party
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding