strategist; tactician; schemer
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
(another person's) nephew
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
young person; youth; young
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
many; numerous; various; large number of
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
love affair; sensual pleasures
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
bringing; taking; carrying
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
to be erected; to be built
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead