boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
cool-headed; unflappable; having nerves of steel; dauntless
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
just one person; only one
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
foreign capital group; foreign company
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
Tokuji era (1306.12.14-1308.10.9)