strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
authenticity; credibility
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
boastful; bragging; conceited
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
for example; for instance; e.g.
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to have a talk; to tell a story
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
overhasty; rash; premature
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
such; like that; in that way
philandering; itch for women
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
inattention; absent-mindedness
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
along the road; along the way
unexpectedly; surprisingly
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)