(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
physical condition; state of health
so; to such an extent; such
food and drink; eating and drinking
this and that; one thing or another
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
condition; state (of health); appearance
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up