hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in one's own way or style
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
be on your guard!; take care!
control; management (e.g. of a business)
management; administration; operation
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
every evening; night after night
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
article; thing; object; property; real estate
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
interior design; interior; upholstery
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
that's the way it is; such is life
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty