(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to take a breather; to take a break
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
tide; current; tendency; trend
tedious; boring; being fed up with
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
scrambling; falling over each other; striving to be first
shoji (paper sliding door)
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
department store; department
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
rather; sooner; preferably
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks