natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
pride; boast; credit (to)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
follower; attendant; valet; servant
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
courting; wooing; making advances
(your) daughter; young woman
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
wild beast; wild animal; brute
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky