protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
imprisonment; incarceration
(period of) a year; during an era
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
(social) position; status
property; fortune; assets
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use