if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
reaching; attaining; arrival
wheat straw; barley straw
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
body; group; party; company; troupe
to prowl after; to keep watch on
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation