being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
interruption; interference; butting in
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to be working hard; to be doing one's best
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
during; for the duration of
process; course; mechanism
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
one day; (on) a certain day
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end