story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
posterity; future life; life to come
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(not) a single person; (no) one
to get along well together; to be close to each other
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
rather; better; instead; if anything
very great; enormous; serious
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
innocent (e.g. child); pure (e.g. heart)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
absence; disregard; indifference
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
several people; a few people
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
speaking of ...; as for ...
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
originally; by nature; from the start
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect