to take root; to strike root
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
Britain (island); Great Britain
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
vine-like; climbing; creeping
to fly around; to scatter
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
horror film; horror movie
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
title of honour; title of honor
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
secret art; the mysteries
(giving) instruction; initiation
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
your body; your health; yourself; you
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
to overflow from something full
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
cooperation; collaboration
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement