favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
primary school; elementary school; grade school
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
going downstream (in a boat)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
disclosure; exposure; revelation
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
the front; honest; upright; decent
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
midwinter; dead of winter
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
pride; dignity; self-worth
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous