to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
branch office; branch store
study; research; investigation
recommendation; endorsement
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
wandering; rambling; roaming
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
wandering people; nomadic tribe
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
possession; retention; maintenance
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
second generation; second; junior
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to be intimate with; to befriend
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
firm; strong; solid; stable
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement