your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
having no idea; having no clue
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
approval; acceptance; toleration
because; as; since; so; due to
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
to mimic someone's voice; to impersonate
ill will; malice; evil intent
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
whimpering; sniveling; sobbing
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
seduction; deception; seducer; deceiver
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
rather than; more ... than ...
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot