to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
and; thereupon; because of that
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
serious; not joking; straight
war; battle; match; game; competition
simply put; putting it simply; in short
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
to Google; to search for information on the WWW
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
remarkable; striking; obvious
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to increase; to add to; to augment
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law