upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to consent; to allow; to accept; to agree
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
without; unless; have to do
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
special; particular; peculiar; unique
way; method; means; resource; course
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
instability; insecurity; crankiness
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
to marry off; to espouse to
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
to grow old; to weaken with age; to become senile
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to become decrepit; to become senile
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
to perform a small motion repetitively (e.g. picking or poking something)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine