it's been a long time; long time no see
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
how; in what way; how about; questionable
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to hide; to keep to oneself
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
kindness; intimacy; friendship
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill
history of a nation; Japanese history
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
property; fortune; means; assets
unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
triumphant return; returning in triumph
extensive; spacious; vague; hazy
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)