I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to have a talk; to tell a story
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
grandfather; male senior-citizen
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
ringing; throbbing violently
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
sympathy; compassion; pity
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
a long time (since the last time)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies