small fraction; small proportion
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
story; tale; talk; discussion
critical moment; do-or-die situation
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
to have no chance (of succeeding)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
guess; speculation; supposition
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
testimony; (verbal) evidence
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
guess; conjecture; surmise
absolutely; positively; decidedly
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
reigning; controlling; dictating
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to understand; to make out
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore