to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
domestic affairs; internal administration
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
very much; very many; more and more
difficult problem; challenge
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be helpful; to be useful
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
study; pursuit of knowledge
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
word; term; language; speech
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to become possible; to become able to (do)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
man of the future; Homo futurus
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
on bad terms; at loggerheads
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel