near; close; beside; third person
Holy Communion; Lord's Supper; Eucharist
your highness; your grace; your eminence
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to spend time (on doing something)
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
to come back; to bloom a second time
to degenerate; to lapse into
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
menial; meanness; servility; abject
instability; insecurity; crankiness
two by two; by twos; as a couple
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
previous engagement; prior contract
it's been a long time; long time no see
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
on countless occasions; many a time
each time it happens; at all such times
origin; source; beginning; starting point
(social) class; rank; grade
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
stepwise; one step at a time