it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
quick-witted; a flash of brilliance; great wisdom
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to gather strength; to take heart
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
race issue; problem of race
charming; fascinating; attractive
Huntington station (West Virginia)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
code of ethics; ethical code; ethical consideration; ethical provision; ethics regulation; honor (honour) code
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up