chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
(your) choice; preference; wish
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
right of succession; right to the throne
to have no chance (of succeeding)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
polite; respectful; reverent
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
(present) head of a family
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to run around; to bustle about
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
use; utility; effect; benefit
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to start working; to take action
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib