veil of darkness; curtain of night
to mistake (A for B); to misread
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
good; goodness; right; virtue
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
to hide; to conceal oneself
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
let's not say (such things) to each other
overnight guest; house guest
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to wear a sword at one's side
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
direct control; direct supervision
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses