menial; meanness; servility; abject
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
to put on airs; to assume importance
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
jumping to a hasty conclusion
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
family or person with samurai ancestors
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
how many years; how long; what year
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
plants and animals; flora and fauna
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
present continuous tense; present progressive form