quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to knock down; to knock off
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
powerful person; influential person
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
genuine article; real thing; real deal
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
reserve; modesty; hesitation; abhorrence; repugnance; loathing
conviction; belief; confidence
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
two-part latticed shutters where the upper half can be lifted (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian-period palace
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
memory; sense; experience
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
all you want; as much as one wants
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
single word; a few words; brief comment
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
does not; can not; will not
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
abusive language; violent language; wild words