gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
in proportion to; just as much as
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
within the jurisdiction of
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
book; volume; this; present; main; head
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire