to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
minority group (party); minority
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
valuable article; valuables
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to not take seriously; to take lightly
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to add (to); to add on; to append
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)