to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
young person; youth; young
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
to make an appearance; to show up
best pupil; leading disciple
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)
of all things (days, etc.)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
abusive language; violent language; wild words
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to colour; to color; to grow lively; to become excited; to waver; to show uneasiness
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important