hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
at that time; in those days
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to serve; to work for; to attend
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
very young; little; childish; immature
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
because of; owing to; due to
surrounding at a distance
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
then; well; so; well then
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
patting; stroking; caressing
(endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (someone) as if they were a pet
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
right of succession; right to the throne
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to