why; how; for what reason
conviction; belief; confidence
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
memory; sense; experience
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
personal history; background; career
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
material; materials; data; information; documents
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
to step forward; to volunteer
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
place; position; location; position; standing; status
appointment; rendezvous; date
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if