to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
conjecture; guesswork; guess
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
obedience; submission; resignation
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
in search of; in order to look for
night watch; night guard; night shift
longevity; prolongation of life
hidden room; secret chamber
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
change in appearance; transformation
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
curse; spell; malediction
disposition; temperament; temper; nature