advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
looking or acting as if one owned the place
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
older sister; elder sister
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
sunlight filtering through trees
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
selection; choice; option
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
regret; repentance; remorse
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to lie down; to throw oneself down
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold