success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
personal grudge; personal enmity
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
that; the matter in question
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely