heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
large container; person of great talent
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to be needed; to be wanted
otherwise; or else; if not
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
attendance; presence; appearance
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves