to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
enterprise; business; company; corporation
(legally) incorporated educational institution
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
country; territory; domain; realm
hills and fields; countryside
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
good family; respectable family; decent family
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
inheritance tax; death duty
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
error; mistake; slip; bug
being very busy; busyness
under repair; out of service
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
expected value; expectation value; expectation
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to lie deep in; to extend far back