to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
productive; constructive; meaningful
that kind; competition; match
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to capture; to seize; to plunder
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
great demon; ghostly giant
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to comb down; to smooth down
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
that; the matter in question
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
official name; formal name
originally; by nature; from the start
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
faking crying; crocodile tears
older brother and younger sister
having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan
being good at being spoiled; being good at using puppy-dog eyes; person who is good at getting others to spoil them
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright