witnessing; observing; sighting
dozens; scores of; decades
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
inn town; post town; post-station town
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
stay of execution; suspended sentence
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
tattling; telling on (someone)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to make use of; to lend money
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
to come back; to return; to recur
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
how dare ...; how could ...
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
unexpectedly; surprisingly
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
precision; precision ratio; relevance factor; relevance ratio
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap