Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)
one's real father; natural father; biological father
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
like this; in this way; as you see
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to like; to love; to be fond of
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
complete stranger; total stranger
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
reputation; respectability
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
to have a rumor circulating
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
(going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
in name only; titular; nominal
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
justification; rationalization
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
that's true; of course; obviously
one's own faction (of a party)
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)