prime minister; premier; chancellor
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
in terms of one's personality; personal; character (flaw, etc.)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
power; authority; influence
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
tasteless and odorless; bland
physical condition; state of health; shape
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so
food and drink; eating and drinking
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
condition; state (of health); appearance
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate