movie; film; motion picture
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
actor; actress; player; performer
one bow; one salute; one greeting
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
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
rule; reign; government; governing
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
very much; very many; more and more
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
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
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
wicked smile; evil grin; sinister laugh
piece of evidence; evidence
inspection; examination; survey
storehouse; warehouse; godown
several people; a few people
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
self-control; self-restraint