chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to manage something successfully; to be successful
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
misrepresentation; false statement
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation