to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to subsist; to keep on living
attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
dedication; presentation; gift
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
dying in a fit of anger or indignation
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
attendance; those present
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
official business; public business
individual; one by one; separate; each
(political) power; authority; influence
purse; money bag; wallet; wealth; money possessed
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
one's own property; possessions
nonetheless; nevertheless
financial difficulties; pecuniary embarrassment
public and private; official and personal; government and people
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
finally; barely; only just; gradually
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will