nobility; aristocracy; peerage
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
now that; since; so long as; because
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
such; like that; that sort of
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very young; little; childish; immature
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
... years old; age (of) ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)