location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
under the orders of; by order (command)
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
influenced (by); under an influence
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)
in succession; one after another
God; god; ace; king; superior person
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
something; something or other; something something
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to torment; to harass; to tease
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
joint together; opposite; facing
to appear all together; to be all present