decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to spit out; to eject; to dump
hostility; animosity; enmity
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
Hamilton (New Zealand); Hamilton
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to change completely; to change suddenly
preface; introduction; preamble
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
direct appeal; direct petition
imprisonment; incarceration
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
revival; restoration; resuscitation
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for