charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
older brother and older sister
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
respect and affection; love and respect
price; cost; value; worth; value
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to lie deep in; to extend far back
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
mask; disguise; guise; mask
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
shameless; shameless person
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
at a young age; while still young
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke