foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
stirring; slight movement
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
world; society; people; the public
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
reaching; attaining; arrival
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear