to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
all; entire; whole; altogether
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
self-interest; selfish desire
traitor (to one's country); quisling
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
it can't be helped; there is no choice; inevitable; unavoidable
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
rosary; string of prayer beads
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
four (long cylindrical things)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully