sudden change; sudden turn
financials; on the funding (capital) side
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
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)
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
to rally; to make a comeback
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
the other day; a few days ago
to become locked; to lock
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
invisibly; secretly; privately
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
one's best interests; one's own good
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
rich person; wealthy person
suited figure; person in a suit
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
underworld; underside of society
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down