(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
outsider; someone outside of a group
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
arm; skill; efforts; ability
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
monolith; large slab of rock
interference; intervention; meddling
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
weave; weaving; woven item
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
not counting (as anything significant)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to mark the end; to spell the end