United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
wild beast; wild animal; brute
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
personal (employee); employed; retained
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
entreaty; appeal; petition
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
that's a different matter; that's a different story
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense