leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
donation; contribution; endowment
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
you could say; you might say; verging on the
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
in public; in company; in the presence of others
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to subsist; to keep on living
something like ...; something called ...