promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
one eye; eye (for pictures, etc.)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
at some point in the past; at some stage
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
all things in nature; the whole creation
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be transparent; to show through
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
alone; by oneself; on one's own
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to torment; to torture; to harass
tips of one's hair; hair ends
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
to live; to reside; to inhabit
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent