understanding person; supporter
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
such ... as; or some such
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
all sorts of delicacies; various unusual foods; sumptuous feast
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
musical composition; tune
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
life; living; I; me; student
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to watch over; to watch attentively
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
in line with this; therefore
along the road; along the way
nothing but; none other than
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
wide difference; a world of difference
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard