discipline; training; teaching manners
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
to say no more; to sink into silence
at work; in the midst of work; working
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
heterosexuality; heterosexual love
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
homecoming; returning home
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
patriarch; head of a family
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
increase in interest rates
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work