blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
recompense; indemnity; atonement
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
responsibility; duty; obligation
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
soon; shortly; before long
contrary to one's expectations
overanxiety; needless worry
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to bring back; to restore
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
branch (of a language family); branch of languages
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
minuteness; one millionth
young turtle (tortoise); turtle (tortoise) shell
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
contest; comparison; competition