social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
special selection; finest pick; top pick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
honorific/polite/humble prefix
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
several years; a few years
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
influential person; man of importance
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to collect; to assemble; to gather
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)