to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
death from disease; death from illness
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
while alive; during one's lifetime
approval; license; licence; permission
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
one's possessions; ownership
power; authority; jurisdiction
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
settlement; permanent residency
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation