cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
excellent plan; best policy
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
unmarried person living affluently
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
(way of) spending money; way with money; spending habits
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
that; he; she; that person
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
in the meanwhile; during the time
to show up; to appear; to turn up