good; goodness; right; virtue
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
affectionately; tenderly; lovingly
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
serious wound; serious injury
everyday life; daily life
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
looking on from afar; being a spectator
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
fragment; one of the group or party
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
rule; reign; government; governing
(period of) a year; during an era
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
conduct; behavior; behaviour
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
adverse circumstances; adversity
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
pest extermination; pest control
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)