(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
messenger; envoy; emissary
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
to stare back at; to look back at
physical condition; state of health
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
ash; embers; complete destruction
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
(within a) territory; domains
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough