incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
chief vassal; senior statesman
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
fold; crease; lineage; pedigree; reason; logic
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
death in battle; death on the battlefield
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
immediately; right away; on the spot
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reason; cause; circumstances
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)