stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to subsist; to keep on living
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
level; standard; water level
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to come back; to bloom a second time
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
deadly serious; deadly earnest
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
being in love with each other
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
society; public; community; social studies
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
postwar period; period after Second World War
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature