to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to be needed; to be wanted
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
just one person; only one
family; members of a family
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
(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
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell