fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
absence; disregard; indifference
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
violent emotion; passion; fury
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
thereupon; shortly thereafter
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
only recently; just of late
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
irrational (line of) argument
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence