degree of familiarity; popularity
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
every evening; every night
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
price; cost; value; worth; value
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
family; relatives; dependents; household
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
few decades; many decades; several decades
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
longing for; burning desire
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
several times; several degrees
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
on the occasion of; at the time of
to state; to express; to mention