inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
questionnaire; survey; poll
sexual preference; sexual predilection
consideration; taking into account
like this; this sort; this way
guess; conjecture; surmise
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
first generation; founder
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness
transcendence; transcendency
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
foundation stone; cornerstone