serious; severe; grave; acute
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
story; tale; talk; discussion
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
generation; the world; the age
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
reign; being on the throne
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to unfold; to unroll; to open
both groups; both factions
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
poisoning; kill by poison
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
calming down; quieting down
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to become inverted; to become reversed
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
too much; excessively; too
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
close; intimate; on good terms
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
melancholy; gloom; depression
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)