one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
enterprise; business; company; corporation
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
surely; certainly; without doubt
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
truancy; school non-attendance
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
incompetent; have no merit
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
transcript of results; report of results
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
(present) head of a family
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)