honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
helping hand; help; support; aid
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
murder; killing; murderer
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
ignorant of the ways of the world
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
labor; labour; manpower; working force
person of letters; literary person
how; in what way; circumstances
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to say no more; to sink into silence
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for