to gather; to collect; to assemble
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
time; season; period; phase; stage
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
professional shogi player; professional go player
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
like this; in this way; as you see
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
senility; dotage; decrepitude
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
putting an entire family to death
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
leader; authority; mainstay
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to escape death; to be saved from death
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)