shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
secret; private; surreptitious
preparations for a journey
wild beast; wild animal; brute
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
exactly as stated; verbatim
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
choices; alternatives; options
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine