one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
town; city; municipal; urban
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
secret; private; surreptitious
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
dreadnought class (of warship)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
riskiness; (level of) danger
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(present) head of a family
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act