matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
patriarch; head of a family
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
recompense; indemnity; atonement
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
soldier; combatant; warrior
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to attempt; to test; to try out
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
victim; injured party; sufferer
(in) her way; peculiar to her
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
still; even now; to this day