middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
difference; discrepancy; variation
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
script; libretto; scenario
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
puppet government; puppet regime
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
calling by name; designation; nomination
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
reading too much into (what ... says)
out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
all eyes; public attention
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
to lead someone around by the nose
public discussion; public criticism; controversy
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)