to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
death in jail; death in prison
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to leave (a scene); to step away
one's days and nights being reversed
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers); archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong
to beat time; to mark time
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to make a list; to enumerate
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
global scale; worldwide scale
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying