genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to take; to catch; to capture
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
somehow or other; for some reason or another
parent-child relationship
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
soldier; combatant; warrior
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
unclear point; unclear points
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
living person; the living
that day; the very same day
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
course; route; path; process; means
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
old hag; old woman; old bat
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)