wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
normalcy; normality; normal
going around; patrol; round; tour
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
comfort (in living place)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
aggression; invasion; raid
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
postwar period; period after Second World War
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
bad debt; nonperforming loan
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
debate; panel discussion; forum
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
direct control; direct supervision
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed