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blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

1

in-law; relative by marriage

1

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

1

nude woman; female nude

1

competitive show; fair

1

to get a reputation as a philanderer

1

return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation

4

engagement; betrothal

1

merely for form's sake

1

regency; regent

2

control; superintendence

1

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

1

ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights

1

marriage; intermarriage

1

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

2

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

countess

1

adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality

1

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

very serious matter; matter of very grave concern; momentous event

2

shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

1

nude (painting)

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

equipment; provision

1

optimistic; hopeful

2

Judas (Apostle); betrayer; traitor

3

responsible position

1

goat

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

1

to be popular

2

tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

1

manipulation of information; spin

1

winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

1

prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration

1

stating (one's views); expressing

2

jealousy; envy

1

role; part; job; assignment

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

1

Oak wood

2

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

fault-finding; carping

1

chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important

1

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1