to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
heir; inheritor; successor
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
topic of discussion; agenda
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
in good health; alive and well; going strong
slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
export; exportation; efferent
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
unceasing; never-ending; endless
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
killing two birds with one stone
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
older half-sister (by a different mother)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
warmly; cordially; with tender care