Vocabulary

close relationship

reasoning by analogy; analogical inference; analogism

family members left at home

sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life

fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)

giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment

cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement

calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

cold-hearted; callous; pitiless; unsympathetic

spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion

spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion

cunning; crafty; shrewd; guileful

instruction in the ways of love

history of one's love affairs

collective responsibility; joint liability

long and uninterrupted (unbroken)

being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

means of cajolement (trickery)

all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin

endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds

mugging; mugger

living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness

policy change (reversal)

change in a bus route

the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned

attacking by argument; denunciation; condemnation; heated controversy

looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving

harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

revival of Japanese food

being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

harmonious cooperation; close cooperation

naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat

group (gang) of naughty (mischievous) boys

naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat

resorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows; settling with violence

painter; mooring rope

management aspects (of business)

young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.

entrance fee; participation cost