flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
now that; since; as long as; provided that
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
empress dowager; queen mother
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
story; tale; talk; discussion
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
clearing one's throat; cough
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
superstition; superstitious belief
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
fortune-telling; divination
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but