tension; mental strain; nervousness
pupil; student; schoolchild
here and there; in places
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
sons and daughters; children; girl
consists of; comprises; is made up of
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
regular customer; general audience; general public
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)
(the) executive; administration; leadership
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
thereupon; shortly thereafter
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
posing; modeling; modelling