poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to be intimate with; to befriend
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
determination; resolution
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
(period of) a year; during an era
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
(within a) territory; domains
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
handsome youth (male); pretty boy