to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
influential person; man of importance
to live; to reside; to inhabit
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
rather than; more ... than ...
unless (you do something)
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
rank (e.g. of soldiers); horizontal line
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
identification; marking flag
while studying; presently studying
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
to count up; to enumerate
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
this, that and the other; this and that
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)