successive generations; successive emperors
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
program (e.g. TV); programme
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
the teaching profession; education of laity
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
indescribable (e.g. beauty)
scandal; deplorable event
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
family; relatives; dependents; household
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
uninhabited island; desert island
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
deviation; departure; omission
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
construction; establishment
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)