yoke; constraints; oppression
quiet; still; surreptitious
password; watchword; motto; slogan
house where one was born; one's parents' house
naturalization; naturalisation
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
change; alteration; modification
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
mixed race; mixed parentage
to throw oneself (into an activity)
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
supervised; under surveillance
information; news; report; reward; retribution
wherein; therein; thereinto
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
distress; anguish; mental suffering
to be brought to mind; to come to mind
explosive; blasting powder
godparents; foster parents
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
stagnation; hindrance; delay
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
marriage ceremony; wedding
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
opening a business; opening a practice
to grant permission; to give permission
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away