(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
close; intimate; on good terms
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
village headman; village mayor
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to rain incessantly; to downpour
ostracism; complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to be on a roll; to be in a good spot; to be on a (winning) streak
several hundred; hundreds (of)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
chief; main; principal; important