phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
white knight; knight in shining armor
inheritance; succession to property
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
women's college; women's university
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
(someone else's) daughter
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
this family; we; this house
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
near oneself; close to one; familiar
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
man; male; masculine gender
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
incident; affair; happening; event
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
question; inquiry; enquiry