Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
approximate age; age range
about; concerning; related to; -ish
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
business rival; professional jealousy
to have an idea; to have a clue
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
two times; twice; two degrees
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to get between; to be caught in
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to cut off (a relationship)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future