fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to begin; to set about; to start
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Baden (Switzerland); Virden (Canada)
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
domestic affairs; internal administration
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to give permission to marry
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
nonchalantly; without a care
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
rule; reign; government; governing
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
this for sure; certainly is
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up