relation; connection; affinity
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
about this time; about now
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
fixed date; appointed day
to discuss; to talk together
successive generations; successive emperors
estimate (of costs); budget
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
to blame; to find fault with
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
anything and everything; just about everything
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
reform; reformation; reorganization
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
practice; practising; training; study
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
great hurry; great haste; rush