kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
low dining table; tea table
composition; constitution
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to play dumb; to feign innocence
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
as; because; with; due to
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
popular person; favorite; favourite
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
protest; refutation; pleading
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
good person; virtuous person
goodness; excellence; virtue
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
approval; license; licence; permission
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
written oath; covenant; pledge
to tear up and throw away
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
unveiling; debut; introduction
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
(top) half naked; naked above the waist