going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
divorce; dissolution of adoption
(someone else's) child; child; kid
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
spider's thread; spider silk
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
calculated; premeditated; considered
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to prostrate oneself before
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
do-or-die game; crucial contest
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to be frank; to drop all pretense
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
eternal; unlimited; endless
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful