property; fortune; assets
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
several years; a few years
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
follower; attendant; valet; servant
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
victim; injured party; sufferer
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
in person; personally; (do) oneself
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
murder; killing; murderer
major incident; major happening; big scandal
because of; owing to; due to
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to approach; to draw near
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate