good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to keep away; to keep at a distance
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
acquaintance; appreciative friend
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
(political) power; authority; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
(talking in a) half-joking manner
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
reproachful; hateful; bitter
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
intensification; aggravation
next; secondly; subsequently
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
possession; occupation; occupancy
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
a rival horse or candidate
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)