lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
even if not; even without
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
failure story; horror story
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
since when; from when; how long
novel; story; (work of) fiction
author; writer; novelist; artist
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
long time; long interval; for quite some time
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to comfort; to console; to amuse
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
check station; checkpoint
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
last night; yesterday evening
secret; private; surreptitious
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
forgetting; lapse of memory
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
curse; spell; malediction
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting