to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
interests and preferences
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
accompaniment to a chant; musician accompanying a chant; samisen accompaniment to a recitation; samisen player accompanying a recitation; samisen music played between the sections of a nagauta; samisen interlude
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
royal capital; imperial capital
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
technology; technique; technical
sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
donor; benefactor; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike