flight; running away; absconding; elopement
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
duty; obligation; responsibility
one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
foolish; imbecile; feebleminded
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
royal castle; imperial castle
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
recommendation; referral; endorsement
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
one large ...; a great ...
inexpert or untrained eyes
winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
longer type of wakizashi (short sword); gambler
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
prompt; immediate; in real time
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
several years standing; over several years
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross