being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
moving tale; impressive tale
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
leader; central personage
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to be compatible (with); to be in harmony; to coexist
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)