fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(political) power; authority; influence
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to repeat; to do over again
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
home; household; family; hearth
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
on the occasion of; at the time of
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress