financial muscle; economic clout
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
one's possessions; ownership
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to feel oneself indebted to
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
association; union; guild
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
craving for the limelight
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to satisfy the requirements
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable