wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
person of culture; cultured person
chief; main; principal; important
attendance; presence; appearance
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
incident; affair; happening; event
this, that and the other; this and that
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
tension; mental strain; nervousness
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
pointing out; identification
normalcy; normality; normal
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
burlesque; low comedy; farce
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago