three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
to spit out; to eject; to dump
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
period of youth; while young
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
class; heading; group; category
promotion; raising of status
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to mix; to stir; to blend
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
internal conditions; true state of affairs
secrecy; highly classified information
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to half-rise to one's feet
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
gradually; slowly but steadily
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
while; on the same occasion; at the same time; along with
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that