welcome!; nice to see you!
outward appearance; apparent
way one walks; one's walk
counter for drops of liquid
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
colour; color; hue; tints
it's been a long time; long time no see
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to hide; to keep to oneself
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
kindness; intimacy; friendship
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill
history of a nation; Japanese history
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
carnivore; carnivorous animal
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat