for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
law department; law school
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
father; dad; husband; you; he
of course; certainly; naturally
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
than; from; out of; except; but; more
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
man; male; masculine gender
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out