to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
dukedom; duchy; principality
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
blood vessel; blood relationship
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
4th day of the month; four days
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
high spirits; gleeful mood
battle cry; war cry; charging (at the enemy) with a shout
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to hide; to keep to oneself
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
how many years; how long; what year
heaven and earth; top and bottom
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
level ground; plain; flatland
mountain range; mountain belt
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten