profitable plan; good plan
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to be worried; to be troubled
older sister; elder sister
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to make up one's mind; to be determined
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
proposal; proposition; suggestion
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
without permission; without notice
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
territorial right; dominion
decision; settlement; definition
and; thereupon; because of that
under control (e.g. of territory)
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to fall in love (with); to love
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
coating (esp. lacquering)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
this for sure; certainly is
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness