to come from; to have roots in
maker; builder; creator; farmer
manufacturer; maker; producer
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
help; assistance; service
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
young; fresh; inexperienced; tender
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
falling in love; attachment
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
word for word; verbatim; literally
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
aquatic (life); living in the water
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
to go underground; to go into hiding
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
beyond human understanding
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon