chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
unimpressive; unimpressed
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
voting; ballot; poll; vote
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
intimidation; threat; bluster
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date
anxiety (about the future)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to get strong; to gain strength
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
sour look; surly face; pout
armed might; military power; the sword; force
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
important person; strategic person; key figure
to gain fame; to make one's name
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
index; indices; indicator
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking