completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
second generation; second; junior
one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
being adopted into the family of one's bride
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
autopurificatory activity (in the natural world)
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
maternal relative; relative on one's mother's side
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
hereditary system; hereditary succession
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative