wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
going around; patrol; round; tour
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
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
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
encouragement; cheering (someone) up; restoring (someone) to consciousness; bringing (someone) around; restorative; stimulant
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
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)
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
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 (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
postwar period; period after Second World War
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
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
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed