important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
unable to back down; unable to withdraw; stuck in a position where one cannot pull back; committed
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
standard equipment; standard feature
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
surname; family name; last name
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
rare (or peculiar) animal
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
having the same family name and given name (as someone else)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
large build; large pattern
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
southern part; the south (of a region)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day