to polish up; to shine up
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
leader; authority; mainstay
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
nothing but; except; no more than
incompetent; have no merit
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
greedy; avaricious; covetous
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
at that time; in those days
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to stir up; to instigate (someone to do something); to agitate; to foment
academic; scholarly; scientific
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
general classification; broad categorization
standard; average; typical; normal
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for); from the heart; entirely; completely
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled