irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
indulging in every possible luxury
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
decoration; ornament; trimmings
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
future; possible; potential; prospective
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
much less; to say nothing of
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
fucking; screwing; having sex
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
and then; and so; and; so then