like a part of the family
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
being left out; being ostracized
to mix; to stir; to blend
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
in the end; at the end of the day
powerful person; influential person
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to say; to be pleased to say
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
older brother; elder brother
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
even if not; even without
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar