attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
practice; practising; training; study
to badger; to pester; to beg
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
powerful family; powerful clan
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
two days later; day after next; next day but one
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
to spread; to be propagated
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
about this time; about now
spirit of the dead (esp. of those killed in war); soul of a fallen soldier; person of outstanding talent; gifted person; genius
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death