knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
leading person; foremost figure
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
preface; introduction; preamble
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
imperial throne; the Crown
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
property; fortune; means; assets
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
military authorities; army circles
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
(Japanese) imperial succession
right (to do something); authority; power
each; (arch.) you (plural)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
difference; disparity; gap
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to rank next to; to come after
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to repeat; to do something over again
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
small fraction; small proportion
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore