making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
again; once more; a second time
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
people close to the head man
the relation of master to servant
retainer; retinue; servant
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
all over Japan; throughout Japan
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
area under direct control (of the shogun)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
in terms of; from the point of view of
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
disparate society; stratified society
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance