divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
two legs; two feet; two pairs
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
superiority; predominance
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
land near a castle; castle town
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to die out; to become extinct
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
dispersal; scattering; discrete
Sorry to impose but ...; Excuse me but ...
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
throbbing (pain); pounding
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to deceive; to blind the eyes of