old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
eternal; unlimited; endless
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to rank next to; to come after
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
deed; act; work; performance
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
black swan (Cygnus atratus)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision