distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
meat tenderizer; meat mallet
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
tone quality; sound quality
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to win the prize; to win the ring
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
heir; inheritor; successor
long-established; old-established; traditional
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
gifted education; special education for gifted children
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at