near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to notify; to advise; to inform
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
princess; Her Royal Highness
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
expansion of exports; export expansion
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
is something that; is that which
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
few decades; many decades; several decades
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
maid; helper; help; assistance
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
reproachful; hateful; bitter
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time