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about this time

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marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

1

fixed date; appointed day

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to discuss; to talk together

1

usual state of things

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successive generations; successive emperors

1

estimate (of costs); budget

1

government official

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

3

trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

1

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

2

to blame; to find fault with

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

6

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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one eyebrow

1

anything and everything; just about everything

1

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

4

lower position

1

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

1

focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

you

5

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

1

superior officer

2

armed might; military power; the sword; force

6

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

3

practice; practising; training; study

7

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

1

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

sofa; couch

4

great hurry; great haste; rush

1

standing up

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

corpulence; fatness; obesity

1

age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

1

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

1

swept back hair

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white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

presence; dignity

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1