investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
members; member; constituent
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
(whether) existent or non-existent; life or death
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
true state; actual condition; reality
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
direct connection; direct link
settlement; solution; resolution
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
family a woman has married into
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
scenery; scene; landscape
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
one's way (ahead); one's path
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct