My words

本編

ほんぺん

original story, original version, this volume

勘のいい

かんのいい

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

ひょっとして

ひょっとして

by any chance, (should) it happen (that), by some chance

大喜利

おおぎり

quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme, last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue

富豪

ふごう

wealthy person, millionaire

晩餐

ばんさん

dinner

空っぽ

からっぽ

empty, vacant, hollow

厨房

ちゅうぼう

kitchen, galley, (Internet) troll

手乗り

てのり

holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)

棟

むね とう

large building, building with a long roof, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

差がつく

さがつく

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

間柄

あいだがら

relation(ship)

賓客

ひんきゃく ひんかく

guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor

宮殿

きゅうでん

palace

至尊

しそん

the emperor; emperor

血液

けつえき

blood

束縛

そくばく

restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles; binding; confinement with rope

石像

せきぞう

stone statue

授ける

さずける

to grant; grant; to award; award; to teach; teach

身寄り

みより

relative

怠る

おこたる

to be negligent in doing something, to shirk, to be off one's guard

親会社

おやがいしゃ

parent company

一連

いちれん

series, chain, sequence, two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper), verse, stanza

取締役

とりしまりやく

company director, board member, director

及ぼす

およぼす

to exert, to cause, to exercise

進退

しんたい

movement, course of action, advance or retreat

辞任

じにん

to resign, resignation

暗黙

あんもく

tacit, implicit

見合わせる

みあわせる

to exchange glances, to look at each other, to postpone, to suspend operations, to refrain from performing an action

見込む

みこむ

to anticipate, to estimate, to expect