prosperity; thriving; flourishing
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to throw into; to toss into
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
military personnel; soldier
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
serious; severe; grave; acute
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to make one's rounds; to patrol
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
growth period; growing season
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
powerful person; influential person
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding