to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
difference; disparity; gap
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to incur someone's enmity
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
calamity; disaster; accident
I've got to be going; I must go
to leave as is; to ignore
just one person; only one
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery