personal feelings; self-interest
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
society; company; the public; the world
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
to rearrange; to resequence
joint together; opposite; facing
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
grandfather; male senior-citizen
(plain) hot water; boiled water
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
death penalty; capital punishment
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos