as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to not take seriously; to take lightly
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
royalty and titled nobility
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
simply; merely; only; solely
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
discovery; detection; finding
social life; social intercourse
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
old friend; old acquaintance
to grow taller (of people)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to become better; to improve
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to