interruption; suspension; break
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
detour; diversion; alternative route
evil spirit (that can possess people)
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
early (days); initial stage; initial
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
detached; aloof; indifferent
lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
to need; to call for; to require
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
transactions; dealings; business
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
group; bunch; crowd; group
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
error; mistake; slip; bug
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
length (of an animal); body length