willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
door; gate; opening; title page
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
corridor; hallway; passageway
two times; twice; two degrees
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to squash; to crush; to flatten
calm; composed; cool; quiet
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to boost; to force up; to push up
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
opinion; point of view; visual point
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to look upwards; to look up
while; during (the time when)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
value; worth; virtue; blessing
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen