acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
but; however; provided that
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
financial power; financial means; wealth
(political) power; authority; influence
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
situation; developments; outcome
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)