one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to keep away; to keep at a distance
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to taste; to try (food or drink)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
bombshell announcement (statement)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
strategist; tactician; schemer
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
government service; the bureaucracy
memory; sense; experience
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
ability; capability; skill
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
immediate follower (of the shogun)
to intend; to be sure that
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to beat time; to mark time
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
of no interest; not interested
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to check; to stop; to keep back
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world