king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
beautiful woman; pretty girl
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
how long; how much; to what extent
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
convenient; handy; useful
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
tension; mental strain; nervousness