same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
reason; cause; circumstances
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to pass (of time); to elapse
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
form; shape; figure; visage
as (for); for; in the capacity of
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to get one's head around; to think about
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
desperation; struggle to the death
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
any more; any further; any better; any longer
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha