amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
blunder; slip; error; error
curtain; hanging; bunting
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
the same; the said; likewise
blood of Christ (Eucharist)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
almost; roughly; approximately
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
wherein; therein; thereinto
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
fate; destiny; predestination
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
lucky person; fortunate man
historical view; historical insight
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
wicked tongue; abusive language