in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
few decades; many decades; several decades
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
since; henceforth; ever since
to keep away; to keep at a distance
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
(present) head of a family
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
bribe; sweetener; douceur
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
no exception; without exception; always the same
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
in person; personally; directly
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
(having) two choices; choice between two things
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell