bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
profitable plan; good plan
besides; in addition; also; moreover
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
discovery; detection; finding
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
you could say; you might say; verging on the
one's mental make-up (structure)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice