to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
Son of God; child of an emperor
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
street at night; making a night journey
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
hereabouts; around there; that area
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
otherwise; or else; if not
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
white makeup powder; (face) powder
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
as usual; as is one's habit
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
former residence; former land; place remembered for a connection to someone
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
confidentially; privately; off the record
unconcerned air; nonchalant air; acting as if nothing had happened