to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
go that far; to that extent
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
classical form of martial art
near oneself; close to one; familiar
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
festival merrymaking; revelry
older brother; elder brother
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
news; word; tidings; omen
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to