serious; not joking; straight
shellfish; seashell; shell
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
young noblewoman; princess
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
start of a romance; beginning of love
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
society; public; community; social studies
to subsist; to keep on living
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
hostility; antagonism; opposition
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
sons and daughters; children; girl
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
approximate age; age range
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
results; record; grades; marks
private tutor; coach; governess
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
in succession; one by one
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze