supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
store interior; inside of a shop
some people; a few people; several people
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
history; pedigree; lineage
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
(political) power; authority; influence
property; fortune; assets
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
family; relatives; dependents; household
thought; consideration; thinking
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
close; intimate; on good terms
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to be silent; to say nothing
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
clear; precise; definite; distinct
postponement; deferment; adjournment
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
every place; various places
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use