wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
to take measures (against); to take steps
condition; state (of health); appearance
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
striking; remarkable; considerable
decrease; reduction; decline
remarkable; striking; obvious
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
fee; charge; rate; material
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
getting an advance (on one's salary)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
bitter cup; bitter experience; bitter defeat; ordeal
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
long-awaited; much-awaited
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
discovery; detection; finding
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
failure; mistake; blunder
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
secret; private; surreptitious
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
two times; twice; two degrees
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)