negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
while; during; while; although; all; both
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
by means of; due to; because of; according to
the breakup (dispersal) of a family
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to boost; to force up; to push up
nothing but; none other than
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
educational institution; school; academy; campus
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)