rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
because of; owing to; due to
patriarch; head of a family
election; selection; choice
influence; effect; impact
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
such ... as; or some such
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
decoration; ornament; trimmings
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
curiosity; inquisitiveness
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to understand; to make out
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
it's probably so; it stands to reason
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
tendency; trend; inclination
future; possible; potential; prospective
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
in case of; at that time; at this time
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking