unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
is that so?; I see; right; oh
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
occurrence; happening; incident; event
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; group
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
anonymous author; pseudonymous author; writer who conceals his identity
distrust; unjust suspicion
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
ghost; ghosting (television); ghosting; ghost flare; ghost image; ghosting
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
female high school student
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
prize winner; recipient of a prize (or award); awardee
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
prophet; predictor; prognosticator