distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
many; numerous; various; large number of
chief; main; principal; major
all; entire; whole; altogether
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
three times; thrice; third (interval)
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
same family (race, tribe)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
manipulation of information; spin
in succession; one by one
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
in good health; alive and well; going strong