striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
looks; personal appearance; features
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
embodying; expressing concretely
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
great emperor; ... the Great
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to be found; to be discovered
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
descendant; posterity; offspring
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath