(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
guaranteed; authentic; certified
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
the world of music; the music world
master craftsman; skillful worker
back country; remote countryside
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
long ago; once upon a time
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
person of strong constitution unexpectedly falling ill; sickness of a stout man; (lit.) the devil getting sunstroke
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
(the) haves; those who have
ordinary person; untitled individual
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness