to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
gossip; corner of the mouth
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
safe; vault; storage cabinet
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to look away; to turn away
to become vulgar; to coarsen
great laughter; burst of laughter
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions); to get on the same page
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble