predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to lie down; to throw oneself down
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
stranding; running aground
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
standing tree; standing timber
silence; stillness; quietness
private citizen; civilian
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
one's own child; one's own children
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
behaviour; behavior; conduct
this (very thing); this precisely
laws (of nature); (divine) providence