roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
calm; composed; cool; quiet
no, not like that (but like this)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
current issues; current topics
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
dispersing; breaking up; running away
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less