imperial court; royal court
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
how many years; how long; what year
(college) president; secretary-general
leader; authority; mainstay
array; muster; line-up; full force
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
indicate reason; infers some protest
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
grandfather; male senior-citizen
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
pupil; student; schoolchild
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
at that time; in those days
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end