polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
experiment; experimentation
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to do someone in; to bump someone off
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
feeling of a house or a room
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout