anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
secret information; intelligence
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
main; principal; chief; primary; major
duty; function; office; mission; task
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
contract; compact; agreement
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
vocal sound; tone of voice
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
expression; look; countenance; face
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
of course; certainly; naturally
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
sobriety; soberness; sober face
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
classical form of martial art
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)