the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
labor; labour; toil; hardship
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
reign; being on the throne
(period of) a year; during an era
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
food and drink; eating and drinking
discretion; consideration; allowance
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
a help; an aid; some assistance
(religious) faith; belief; creed
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
having sociable manners; sociable
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
meritocracy; merit system
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)