High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
authority; power; influence
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
calm; composed; leisurely
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
reputation; respectability
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
smuggling; contraband trade
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to lead someone around by the nose
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
word game; wordplay; playing with words
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
disregarding strategy and using brute force
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
god of death; death deity; Death
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
description; describing; depicting
to cry and shout; to scream
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
to fall off; to tumble down