(social) class; rank; grade
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to make one's own; to take possession of
superiority complex; sense of superiority
craving for the limelight
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
face; looks; vestiges; trace
true character; real nature
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman