pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
interior; inside; internal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
how many years; how long; what year
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
armed might; military power; the sword; force
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
man fit for the post; right person
to turn against; to become an enemy
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
embroidered satin baseball jacket; embroidered satin college jacket
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook