to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
long time; long interval; for quite some time
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
planning; project; plan; design
travelling alone; solitary journey
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
companion; company; tritagonist
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
two (long cylindrical things)
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what