Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
your letter; excellent composition
love-letter; precious letter
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
while doing over and over; repeatedly
meeting; greeting; welcome
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
other side; another side; different angle; on the other hand
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
reviewing stand; box; gallery
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit