to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
event; phenomenon; matter
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
human kindness; human weakness
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to find out; to discover; to locate
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
flash (of light); glint; schiller
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
-cide; killing; killer (of ...)
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
in search of; in order to look for