salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
slight; thin; on the weak side
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
the age of wisdom; around forty
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
anything and everything; just about everything
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
city dweller; townspeople
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says