son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to prostrate oneself before
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; (lit.) to nibble at one's parents' shins
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
perfect; complete; flawless
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to perceive; to understand
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
establishment; settlement
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to come and go; to go back and forth
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
level; standard; water level
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
ignorant of the ways of the world
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
family; members of a family
seeing off and meeting on return