affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
pleasant feeling; good vibes
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
imperial court; royal court
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
school grades; academic results
enterprise; business; company; corporation
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
non-confidence; lack of confidence
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to fall off; to tumble down
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to mark the end; to spell the end
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)