handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
town; city; municipal; urban
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
individual; one by one; separate; each
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
general idea; concept; notion
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
situation report; status report; progress report
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause