was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
trio; gang of three; threesome
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
presence; sitting with; being with
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
door; gate; opening; title page
virile; tough; masculine; intense
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
actor; actress; player; performer
way of talking; speaking style
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
Claus; Crouse; Klaus; Kraus; Krauss; Krausz
Sean; Cyon; Shaun; Shawn; Shone
president (of a society); chairman
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
rule; reign; government; governing
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
very much; very many; more and more
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
this world; this life; world of the living
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
person of doubtful origin
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down