to order; to command; to appoint
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to badger; to pester; to beg
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
like a decent person; human
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
courteous; decorous; polite
literally; to the letter; literal
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
power; authority; influence
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
independent business; self-employment
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
postwar period; period after Second World War
property; fortune; means; assets
same family (race, tribe)
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch