influential person; man of importance
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
negotiations; discussions; connection
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
without permission; without notice
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to discuss; to talk together
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)