promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
woman; lady; adult female
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
general public; the masses
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
with humility (esp. of women in relation to their partner); humbly; (lit.) three steps behind
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
strike (i.e. industrial action)
three persons; three parties
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
parliamentarian; member of a congress
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
God; god; ace; king; superior person
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities