extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
cardinal (Catholic church)
important post; important office; key position
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
lineage; pedigree; good family
guardian; mentor; protector
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
heaven and earth; top and bottom
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to come and go; to go back and forth
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
first-rate; finest quality; the best
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
vitality; (one's) life force
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
fine performance; tour de force
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment