expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
inheritance; succession to property
to concern; to be related
so-and-so; who?; which people?
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
threatening letter; intimidating letter
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
letter; missive; note; mail
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
only; merely; but; no more than
pitch dark; total darkness
to make an appeal; to urge
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
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