large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to taste; to try (food or drink)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
man; male; masculine gender
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
villainess; antagonist young lady