prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to make public; to bring to light
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
secret; private; surreptitious
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
drama; theatre; theater; play
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
chief; main; principal; important
to make an appearance; to show up
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
floor above; floor upstairs
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
wise ruler; sage king; intelligent and virtuous monarch
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
soldier; combatant; warrior
well-built body; large body; full-figured body