circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to be found; to be discovered
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
both hands; both arms; ten
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document