to court a person―try to please one's master―keep in favour with one's master
to court a man―pay court to a man―try to please one's employer―keep in one's master's good graces―humour an invalid―conciliate one's enemy―soothe an angry man―pander to the tastes of the people―propitiate the gods
宥めて機嫌をとる
to inquire after one's health―(は原意、今の意味は)―pay one's respects to a superior―(芸人なら)―perform to the audience
機嫌の悪いさま
機嫌を直すこと
機嫌が悪いさま
不機嫌になる
He is in ill humour―out of humour―in a bad temper―moody―cross.
上機嫌だ
the temper of one's superiors or elders