legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
delicacy; tact; sensitivity; consideration; thoughtfulness
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
correction; revision; amendment
absolutely; positively; decidedly
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
feather; plume; plumage; down
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
parental love; parental affection
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
in proportion to; just as much as
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
nothing but; none other than
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
way of solving (a problem); solution
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
northern part; the north (of a region)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
it hasn't been long since
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to have a rumor circulating
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait