rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
came here; coming here; recently
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
historic; historical; traditional
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to distribute; to hand out
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
existence; possession; having; limited company
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be needed; to be wanted
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)