all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
body guard; military escort
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
different room; another room; separate rooms
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
gentle; mild; meek; tender
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
suitably; properly; duly; as you see fit; as you think best
to become clear; to be made public
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
(someone else's) parents; both parents
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
settlement; permanent residency
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
operation; functioning; running
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
with a clink (of metal); with a chink