director of a district (ritsuryo system)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
messenger; envoy; emissary
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
desperation; struggle to the death
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to watch intently; to stare
leader; authority; mainstay
those present; attendance
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
Margrit; Marguerite; Margueritte
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
(your) daughter; young woman
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
script; screenplay; scenario
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
drama; play; powerful drug
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
way of talking; speaking style
new discovery; new invention
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality