countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to beat to death; to kill
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to fall flat; to fall face down
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to crumble away; to collapse
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
standard; set; routine; decided
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate