stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
watering hole; watering place
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
(one acting as a) foster parent
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
hills and fields; hill and dale
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
match; game; bout; contest
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
veil of darkness; curtain of night
brave warrior; hero; brave man
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to gain fame; to make one's name
one of these days; someday; one day
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch