cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
(having) life-and-death power (over)
legal wife; her child; main family
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
story; tale; talk; discussion
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
other than; excluding; without
to talk to oneself; to mutter
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
that kind; competition; match
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
item; something that one "just has to have"
substitute article; back-up
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
river; stream; River; the ... river