highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
suddenly; all of a sudden
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
young noblewoman; princess
Les Miserables (novel by Victor Hugo)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to tear up and throw away
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
since then; from that time; ever since
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding