to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
nonetheless; nevertheless
a few years ago; some years back
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
very young; little; childish; immature
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
several weeks; a few weeks
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
next; secondly; subsequently