murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
patience; endurance; perseverance
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
rottenness; decay; corruption
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
discrimination against women; sexism
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
two by two; by twos; as a couple; in pairs
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
boa (snake); boa (scarf); (tidal) bore
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me