mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
marriageable age; chance of marriage
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
your daughter; young woman
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to say (something) over one's shoulder
sure; alright; fine; go ahead
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
everywhere; all over; throughout