comfort; consolation; diversion
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
elder sister; effeminate man
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
son of a bitch; piece of shit
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to summon courage; to be brave
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
depopulation; declining population
acceleration; speeding up
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
cruelty; hard-heartedness
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to give; to do (something) for
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to have (something) innate; to be born with
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted