unveiling; debut; introduction
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
personality; character; individuality; personhood
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
power; authority; influence
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
high class; esteemed; cherished
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
tasteless and odorless; bland