disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
different thing; another question; different case
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
of no interest; not interested
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to have a talk; to tell a story
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
aggression; invasion; raid
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
dominion; territory; possession
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to hide; to keep to oneself
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
such; like that; that sort of; very
meaning; significance; sense
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
it's no joke; gimme a break!
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)