playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
rather; sooner; preferably
(police) detective; criminal matter
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
sensual love; love affair
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
leading person; foremost figure
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
ability; performance; efficiency
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
partly open; in half bloom
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple