simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
at a young age; while still young
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to be at a loss for words
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
menial; meanness; servility; abject