three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
first generation; founder
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
direct descent; direct line
descendant; progeny; offspring
commander; general; leader
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
means; way; method; measure
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel