claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
now that; since; so long as; because
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to say no more; to sink into silence
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
please; somehow or other; one way or another
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
personal; individual; private
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
in order; in turn; one by one
to talk; to chat; to chatter
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
hostility; antagonism; opposition
individual; private person; personal; private
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb