to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
rebellion; great uprising
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
strong-willed; strong of heart
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
mistress; kept woman; concubine
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
my spouse; my wife; my husband
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
companion; partner; spouse
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
spirit; heart; disposition
jumping about; rampancy; domination
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts