various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
master; teacher; stable master
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
carving; engraving; chiselled features
to shave off; to scrape off
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
rational; logical; coherent
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)