candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
family a woman has married into
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
chance (of success); odds
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be to the point; to be pertinent
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
progress; advance; improvement; development
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
the Big Three (countries)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
fertile; rich; productive