secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
ten; 10; ten years of age
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
personal; individual; private
to seek a path; to find one's way
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory