direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
woman; female; feminine gender
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
family a woman has married into
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
just a minute; small quantity
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
complete; whole; perfect; safe
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
really; truly; indeed; good grief
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to be helpful; to be useful
one's real father; natural father; biological father
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service