secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
point of an argument; drift of an argument
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
reason; logic; method; system; order
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
choice; selection; option
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
true state; actual condition; reality
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to push away; to push aside; to shove
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
taking a picture or video of oneself
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)