pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
questions and answers; dialogue
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to go out and away; to leave
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
but; however; provided that
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
story; tale; talk; discussion
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
promotion; raising of status
a long time ago; in those days
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
tone (of voice); manner of talking