anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to change completely; to change suddenly
preface; introduction; preamble
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
imprisonment; incarceration
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
revival; restoration; resuscitation
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
voyage; passage; travelling
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to take up space; to occupy space
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
so what!; who gives a damn?
real intention; true motive; true meaning
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
joint struggle; common (united) front
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
another day; some other day
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period