number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
in succession; one by one
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
ongoing; in progress; afoot
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
something; some kind of; for some reason
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
one's home country; one's homeland
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to form a pair; to pair up
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
pair; the two; both persons; both things
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition