human; human-like; as a person
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
proposed solution; idea for a solution
internal or domestic affairs
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
external pressure; foreign threat
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
older sister; elder sister
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
profligate; licentious; of loose morals; emotional; passionate; sentimental