neighboring village; neighbouring village
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
attendance; participation; presence
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
home area; home town; local
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to intervene; to stop (something)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
while; during; while; although; all; both
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to continue; to keep up; to keep on