distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
at a young age; while still young
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
of great promise; with a promising future
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
imperial court; royal court
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to bring; to take; to bring about
novel; original; new; innovative
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
generously; liberally; magnanimously
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
fickle nature; flighty temperament; inconstant person
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up