improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
registration; accession; register; entry; record
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
the last moment; the very end
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
(someone else's) daughter
stairs; stairway; staircase
over-fond parent; doting parent
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
fish-based cooking; fish dish
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
beyond that point; after that
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion