princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
declaration; proclamation; announcement
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
to encamp; to take up positions
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
(not) a single person; (no) one
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
power; authority; jurisdiction
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
well-bred; of good upbringing
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
inside one's heart; in one's mind
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
as planned; according to plan
(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize