jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
air of luxury; high class feel
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
infant; child; pageboy; page; child in a traditional festival procession
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
bow (of a boat); prow; stem; head
horizon (related to bodies of water)
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to be handed down from generation to generation
military history; military annals
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
complete victory; total victory
to talk; to carry meaning
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
successive generations; successive emperors
raging fire; conflagration
side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space
what kind of business; what sort of matter
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
natural growth; wild growth
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in