to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
company; corporation; workplace
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pitch camp; to set up camp
to keep watch; to stand guard
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(religious) faith; belief; creed
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
sincere; earnest; serious
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
even if not; even without
all you have to do is; just; that's all
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to do for (the sake of someone else)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
how many people; a number of people
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
sharply; harshly; stingingly
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to appease; to suppress; to calm
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
opposite; reverse; contrary
impact of publicity or propaganda