bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to rock; to shake; to swing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
since one was born; (in) all one's life
very interesting; of great interest
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
modesty; humility; being humble
besides; in addition; also; moreover
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to feel; to sense; to experience
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)
to be helpful; to be useful
war; fighting; fierce competition
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
by sheer strength; by brute force
such; like that; that sort of; very
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes