three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
back country; remote countryside
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
lack of talent; incompetency
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
prime minister; premier; chancellor
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
restraint; restriction; control; check
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
continuously; unbroken; at great length; in minute detail
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to tell all; to give a full account
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million