frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to jar; to creak; to grate
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
later on; eventually; afterwards
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
absentmindedness; peace of mind
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
recommendation; nomination
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
final; eventual; ultimate
green light; (giving) permission; OK