to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
participation; joining; entry; adherence
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short
underling; subordinate official
gift; present; tip; bribe
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
for example; for instance; e.g.
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to seize; to grab; to collar
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
house in an alley; rear tenement
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-