manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
ancient city; former capital
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
solidarity; joint; collective
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
invisibly; secretly; privately
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
fear; dread; fright; willies
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
polite; courteous; hospitable
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
imprisonment; incarceration
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
aging; wearing out; deterioration
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
explanation; interpretation
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to be conspicuous; to stand out
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means