rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
open; public; official; overt
imperial court; royal court
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
leader; central personage
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
director of a district (ritsuryō system)
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
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
to be main; to be principal; to be important
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
desperation; struggle to the death
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind
to watch intently; to stare
leader; authority; mainstay
attendee; participant; person present
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; daughter of a good family
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