quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
walking briskly; determinedly
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
how; in what way; by what means
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
superiority; predominance
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
all (there is); as long as there is
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)