with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
chief; main; principal; important
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
feebleness; weakness; weak
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
whatever the case; under any circumstances
principal agent (in a medicine)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
wretched life; life of misery
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
reading matter; reading material
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
memory; ability to remember
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
calculating; mercenary; closefisted