family; relatives; dependents; household
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
government; administration
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
absence; disregard; indifference
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
absorption; suction; attraction
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
only recently; just of late
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
after that (a substantive change occurred)
in succession; one by one
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
ill health before symptoms appear; presymptomatic; pre-symptomatic
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
compilation; editing; recording
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
condition; state (of health); appearance
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption