to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to be well-known; to be famous
royalty and titled nobility
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
late at night; at a late hour
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
conscious; deliberate; intentional
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
important person; strategic person; key figure
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
I have nothing to do with it
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
powerful person; influential person
to keep away; to keep at a distance
several times; a few times
another thing; other things; another man's property
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos