to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to collect; to assemble; to gather
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
contract; compact; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
every year; yearly; annually
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
finding employment; getting a job
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
existence; being; presence
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation