to take command; to give direction
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
roller coaster; big dipper
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to shout (in anger); to yell
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
patriarch; head of a family
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
one's family (home) background (environment)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
father; dad; husband; you; he
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
environment; circumstance
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide