distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
heir; inheritor; successor
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
intensification; aggravation
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
unnatural death; violent death
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
false accusation; slander; calumny
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
death penalty; capital punishment
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
incident; affair; happening; event
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly