favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
successive generations; successive emperors
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
street stall; stand; booth
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
touting; tout; barker; pander
to come and go; to go back and forth
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
town; city; municipal; urban
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
like this; such; thus; in this way
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
normalcy; normality; normal
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
devotion; attachment; infatuation
complete change; about-face