master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
moment by moment; hour by hour
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
ladykiller; ladies' man; murder of a woman; murderer of a woman; femicide
retort; back talk; backchat
root; joint; base; crotch
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
preliminary investigation; preparation
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to put into effect; to put into practice
in the meanwhile; during the time
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to frolic about; to mess around
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise