to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
in the end; on top of that
while; during; performed in this condition
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
biological parent; real parent
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
young lord; successor of one's current lord
capable of anything; liable to do
long-established; old-established; traditional
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
critical (condition); serious
to be attacked by a disease
noisy; confused; uproarious
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
on bad terms; at loggerheads