independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
extermination; expulsion; destruction
rampancy; prevalence; domination
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
staying the night; lodging (at)
cost of a meal (or meals)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
if it is the case that ...
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
just above; right overhead
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
restlessly; in continuous motion
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to spend time (on doing something)