companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
difference in social standing; difference in social position
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
difference; variation; difference
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
vehement objection; bitter opposition
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
common people; ordinary people; masses
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
haberdashery; sundries store
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...