it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
in this manner; in this way; like this
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
bad influence; negative influence
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
had better ...; had better not ...
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
(someone else's) daughter
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to have time free; to have time to spare
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to detain; to check; to restrain
to lose sight of; to miss