business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
dealing with; coping with
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
stimulating; exciting; provocative
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
admiration; being impressed (by)
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to mark the end; to spell the end
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
war; fighting; fierce competition
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
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
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)