stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
sour look; surly face; pout
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
hard worker; hardworking person
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
what people say; rumours; public opinion
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
to take away; to carry away
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
programme; program; plans; arrangements
youngest brother; last disciple
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
on the occasion of; at the time of
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
place where one works; construction site; working area
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring