unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
pure heart; naivete; innocence
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
influential person; man of importance
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
financial world; business circles
connection; link; relationship
to be remembered; to go down in history
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
generation; lifetime; age
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
underworld; underside of society
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
end; close; finish; termination
match declared drawn due to injury
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall