wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
way (of doing); manner; method; means
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
independent; responsible; active; subjective
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to pull wires; to pull strings
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
authority; power; influence
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
dominion; territory; possession
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
to rank next to; to come after
number; number plate; license plate
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to rule; to govern; to administer
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
serious wound; serious injury
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
third day of the month; three days
fourth day of the month; four days
fifth day of the month; five days
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert