dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to stop (plug) one's ears
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
discipline; training; teaching manners
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
first night; first watch of the night; bridal night
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
important person; strategic person; key figure
right in the middle (of); midst; height
very young; little; childish; immature
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
viceroy; governor-general
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
you could say; you might say; verging on the
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
meritocracy; merit system
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
hearsay; rumor; grapevine