emperor (of Japan); mikado
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
river; stream; River; the ... river
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to pass (of time); to elapse
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
rather than; more ... than ...
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
resignation; acceptance; consolation
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
from the viewpoint of; according to
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice