glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
that kind; competition; match
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
walking briskly; determinedly
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
that's the way it is; such is life
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
free speech; freedom of speech
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
to number more than ten; to be numerous
what sort of; what kind of; what way
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
to blame; to find fault with
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion