tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
hostility; animosity; enmity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
sincere; earnest; serious
desperately; for one's dear life
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
whispering into a person's ear
short pause; short interval
other than; excluding; without
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
utmost limits; extremity; limit
state of mind; mentality; psychology
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
long time; long interval; for quite some time
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration