to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
even if not; even without
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
one by one; one after another; successively
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to subsist; to keep on living
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
leader; authority; mainstay
military family; warrior class
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
family; relatives; dependents; household
successor (e.g. organization); new existence after rebirth
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
guardian; protector; patron; parent
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles