flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
distant place; faraway location; far away
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
accurate; correct; precise; exact
no!; no no!; no, not at all
regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
right and wrong; good and evil
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance