to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
manufacture and sales; vertical integration
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
being adopted into the family of one's bride
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
same; similar; (just) like; equal
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
inscrutable; incomprehensible
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
literally; to the letter; literal
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)