good family; respectable family; decent family
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
vocal sound; tone of voice
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
battlefield; battleground
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)