one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
all present; all concerned; all of us
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
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
to pass (of time); to elapse
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
drawing room; study; writing alcove; publishing house
program (e.g. TV); programme
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such