zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
family or person with samurai ancestors
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
financial power; financial means; wealth
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
duty; obligation; responsibility
property; fortune; assets
distribution; allocation; dispensation; impartation
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
hereditary system; hereditary succession
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
business ability; business acumen
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
eccentric; crank; oddball
armed forces; military; troops
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
Philopon (brand of methamphetamine); methamphetamine; meth
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to