chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
thing; person; situation; fox
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to demand money; to pester; to extort
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
one's possessions; ownership
to call a person's attention (to)
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
personality; character; individuality; personhood
love triangle; eternal triangle
coexistence; living together
front entrance; front door
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
private seal; personal seal; unregistered seal; informal seal; signet
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
anyone; any person; whoever
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
decision; judgment; resolution
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice