house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
appointment; assignment; promotion
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
power balance; balance of power
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
joining; joint; intermediation; acting as an intermediary; relaying; taking over; middle relief pitcher
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling