yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
commander; general; leader
place; room; margin; scope
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
street; quarter; district; area
town originally built around a temple or shrine
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to comfort; to console; to amuse
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
southeastern part; the southeast
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
container (e.g. shipping); skip
supreme council; high council; Supreme Soviet (former USSR)
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record