young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
pleasant feeling; good feeling
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
(Japanese) imperial succession
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
reading too much into (what ... says)
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
child prodigy; wonder child
overestimation; overvaluing
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
to anticipate; to foresee
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
accession to the throne; enthronement
siblings; brothers and sisters