person of high rank or position
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
somehow; for some reason or other
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
Western person; Westerner
one's home country; one's homeland
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
speech; expression; wording; language
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
dividing into four; quartering
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
trivial; not amounting to much
no need to guess; certainly
exclusive; attached to; specialist
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
whereabouts; what part; how much; what point
road approaching a shrine
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person
to feel hungry; to get hungry
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
greater than ...; bigger ...
in good health; alive and well; going strong
rarity (esp. of collectables, trading cards, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of