careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
concealment; suppression; hiding
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
being a good listener; good listener
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
feeding (animals); provisioning
being on duty; person on duty
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
the lower classes; the common people
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to rearrange; to resequence
majority group (party, faction)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to prowl after; to keep watch on
one's own property; possessions
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
avoiding or dodging responsibility
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
news; word; tidings; omen
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
subordination; dependency