palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
transactions; dealings; business
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
reason; cause; history; origin
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
right beside; close to; nearby
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
2nd day of the month; two days
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to half-rise to one's feet
wet nurse; nursing mother
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
lightning strike; torpedo attack
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
walking briskly; determinedly