custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
retainer; retinue; servant
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to cause a person trouble
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
next term; next period; next version; next release
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
impression; strong belief; conviction
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting