passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
interception (email); wiretap; bug
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give someone the brown-eye
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
witnessing; observing; sighting
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though