small number; few; minority
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to rush back; to run back
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
to attempt; to test; to try out
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
three; three years of age
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
elementary; basic; rudimentary
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate