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
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
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
contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; match attended by the team's owner
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
seems; I think; I guess; right?; 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 sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
sound of voice; vocal sound
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
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
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 detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
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; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill