hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
triangular bandage; sling; triangular kerchief; bandana; bandanna
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
posture; position; stance
to call out; to ask someone to come
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to say; to tell; to state; to do
belief; faith; conviction
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
preface; introduction; preamble
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to live; to make a living; to get on with
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
grandfather; male senior-citizen
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other