chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
empress dowager; queen mother
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
one's own child; one's own children
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to be smeared; to be covered
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
change in appearance; transformation
to concern; to be related
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose