samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
process; course; mechanism
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
as a child; when one was a child
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
just a handful; only a small number (of)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
office hours; business hours; working hours
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for books; volume
every person; each one; everybody
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit