principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables; metacarpus
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
having a full stomach; being full; to one's heart's content
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
source of amusement; plaything
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
every evening; every night
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to cry in bed; to cry oneself to sleep; to weep secretly in bed; (lit.) to moisten one's pillow (with one's tears)
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
recollection; reminiscence
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword