criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
impossible; unlikely; improbable
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
Lewes (Britain); Ruisu; Louise; Luis; Luiz; Ruiz
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
aging; wearing out; deterioration
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
sons and daughters; children; girl
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
nervousness; oversensitivity
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
way of solving (a problem); solution
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
time; season; period; phase; stage
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
prime of one's working life
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
one's younger days; when one was young
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
going to and fro; back and forth
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to indicate; to show; to point to
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means