painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
emotional strength; force of will
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
very young; little; childish; immature
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
negative emotions; negative feelings
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
morality; moral principles
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
outcast; misfit; deviant; maverick; nonconformist
somewhere to go; place to go
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
royalty and titled nobility
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
joint struggle; common (united) front
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
sisterly love; affection between sisters
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
calming down; quieting down
whichever one chooses; either way
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent